Multibyte Class Info:

Class Declaration:

class Multibyte extends Object

File name:
cake/libs/multibyte.php
Description:

Multibyte handling methods.

Class Inheritance

Object

Package
cake
Subpackage
cake.cake.libs

ascii

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Converts the decimal value of a multibyte character string to a string

Parameters:
  • array $array required

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 354
Return

string

Access

public

Static

cakeError

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Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)

  • array $messages optional array ( )

    Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 187
Return

error message

Access

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checkMultibyte

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Check the $string for multibyte characters

Parameters:
  • string $string required

    value to test

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 1161
Return

boolean

Access

public

Static

__construct

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Class constructor, overridden in descendant classes.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 54

dispatchMethod

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Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Name of the method to call

  • array $params optional array ( )

    Parameter list to use when calling $method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 107
Return

mixed Returns the result of the method call

Access

public

getInstance

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Gets a reference to the Multibyte object instance

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 295
Return

object Multibyte instance

Access

public

Static

log

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Convience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters:
  • string $msg required

    Log message

  • integer $type optional 2

    Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 148
Return

boolean Success of log write

Access

public

mimeEncode

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Prepare a string for mail transport, using the provided encoding

Parameters:
  • string $string required

    value to encode

  • string $charset optional NULL

    charset to use for encoding. defaults to UTF-8

  • string $newline optional ' '

    charset to use for encoding. defaults to UTF-8

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 1030
Return

string

Access

public

Static

TODO

: add support for 'Q'('Quoted Printable') encoding

Object

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A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 43
Return

Object

_persist

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Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name of the class to persist

  • $return required

  • string $object required

    the object to persist

  • $type optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 218
Return

boolean Success

Access

protected

Todo

add examples to manual

requestAction

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Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Parameters:
  • mixed $url required

    String or array-based url.

  • array $extra optional array ( )

    if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 80
Return

mixed Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

Access

public

_savePersistent

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You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name used for object to cache

  • object $object required

    the object to persist

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 247
Return

boolean true on save, throws error if file can not be created

Access

protected

_set

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Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Parameters:
  • array $properties optional array ( )

    An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 166
Return

void

Access

protected

_stop

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Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Parameters:
  • $status optional 0

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 135
Return

void

Access

public

stripos

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Find position of first occurrence of a case-insensitive string.

Parameters:
  • $haystack required

  • $needle required

  • integer $offset optional 0

    The position in $haystack to start searching.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 383
Return

integer|boolean The numeric position of the first occurrence of $needle in the $haystack string, or false if $needle is not found.

Access

public

Static

stristr

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Finds first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive.

Parameters:
  • string $haystack required

    The string from which to get the first occurrence of $needle.

  • string $needle required

    The string to find in $haystack.

  • boolean $part optional false

    Determines which portion of $haystack this function returns. If set to true, it returns all of $haystack from the beginning to the first occurrence of $needle. If set to false, it returns all of $haystack from the first occurrence of $needle to the end, Default value is false.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 405
Return

int|boolean The portion of $haystack, or false if $needle is not found.

Access

public

Static

strlen

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Get string length.

Parameters:
  • string $string required

    The string being checked for length.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 463
Return

integer The number of characters in string $string

Access

public

Static

strpos

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Find position of first occurrence of a string.

Parameters:
  • string $haystack required

    The string being checked.

  • string $needle required

    The position counted from the beginning of haystack.

  • integer $offset optional 0

    The search offset. If it is not specified, 0 is used.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 482
Return

integer|boolean The numeric position of the first occurrence of $needle in the $haystack string. If $needle is not found, it returns false.

Access

public

Static

strrchr

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Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string within another.

Parameters:
  • string $haystack required

    The string from which to get the last occurrence of $needle.

  • string $needle required

    The string to find in $haystack.

  • boolean $part optional false

    Determines which portion of $haystack this function returns. If set to true, it returns all of $haystack from the beginning to the last occurrence of $needle. If set to false, it returns all of $haystack from the last occurrence of $needle to the end, Default value is false.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 529
Return

string|boolean The portion of $haystack. or false if $needle is not found.

Access

public

Static

strrichr

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Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string within another, case insensitive.

Parameters:
  • string $haystack required

    The string from which to get the last occurrence of $needle.

  • string $needle required

    The string to find in $haystack.

  • boolean $part optional false

    Determines which portion of $haystack this function returns. If set to true, it returns all of $haystack from the beginning to the last occurrence of $needle. If set to false, it returns all of $haystack from the last occurrence of $needle to the end, Default value is false.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 591
Return

string|boolean The portion of $haystack. or false if $needle is not found.

Access

public

Static

strripos

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Finds position of last occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive

Parameters:
  • string $haystack required

    The string from which to get the position of the last occurrence of $needle.

  • string $needle required

    The string to find in $haystack.

  • integer $offset optional 0

    The position in $haystack to start searching.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 653
Return

integer|boolean The numeric position of the last occurrence of $needle in the $haystack string, or false if $needle is not found.

Access

public

Static

strrpos

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Find position of last occurrence of a string in a string.

Parameters:
  • string $haystack required

    The string being checked, for the last occurrence of $needle.

  • string $needle required

    The string to find in $haystack.

  • integer $offset optional 0

    May be specified to begin searching an arbitrary number of characters into the string. Negative values will stop searching at an arbitrary point prior to the end of the string.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 706
Return

integer|boolean The numeric position of the last occurrence of $needle in the $haystack string. If $needle is not found, it returns false.

Access

public

Static

strstr

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Finds first occurrence of a string within another

Parameters:
  • string $haystack required

    The string from which to get the first occurrence of $needle.

  • string $needle required

    The string to find in $haystack

  • boolean $part optional false

    Determines which portion of $haystack this function returns. If set to true, it returns all of $haystack from the beginning to the first occurrence of $needle. If set to false, it returns all of $haystack from the first occurrence of $needle to the end, Default value is FALSE.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 759
Return

string|boolean The portion of $haystack, or true if $needle is not found.

Access

public

Static

strtolower

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Make a string lowercase

Parameters:
  • string $string required

    The string being lowercased.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 815
Return

string with all alphabetic characters converted to lowercase.

Access

public

Static

strtoupper

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Make a string uppercase

Parameters:
  • string $string required

    The string being uppercased.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 864
Return

string with all alphabetic characters converted to uppercase.

Access

public

Static

substr

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Get part of string

Parameters:
  • string $string required

    The string being checked.

  • integer $start required

    The first position used in $string.

  • integer $length optional NULL

    The maximum length of the returned string.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 995
Return

string The portion of $string specified by the $string and $length parameters.

Access

public

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substrCount

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Count the number of substring occurrences

Parameters:
  • string $haystack required

    The string being checked.

  • string $needle required

    The string being found.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 957
Return

integer The number of times the $needle substring occurs in the $haystack string.

Access

public

Static

toString

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Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 64
Return

string The name of this class

Access

public

utf8

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Converts a multibyte character string to the decimal value of the character

Parameters:
  • multibyte $string required

    $string

Method defined in:
cake/libs/multibyte.php on line 313
Return

array

Access

public

Static