README

Method	Helper	Description
`Str::sanitizeName(string $string): string`	`str_sanitize_name(string $string): string`	Sanitize names removing diacritics, changing to uppercase and removing duplicate blank spaces
`Str::sanitizeNumber(string $string): string`	`str_sanitize_number(string $string): string`	Sanitize numbers removing non-numeric characters. Very useful to unmask documents or phone number
`Str::metaphone(string $string): string`	`str_metaphone(string $string): string`	Metaphone is a phonetic algorithm for indexing words by their pronunciation

Installation

Step 1: Install package via Composer

composer require larabra/str

Step 2: If you are using Laravel 5, include the service provider within your config/app.php file.

'providers' => [
    Larabra\Str\LarabraStrServiceProvider::class,
];