Backticks and Laravel String Helpers

Learn about the details of backticks and template strings with the help of examples.

Backticks

PHP developers commonly move back and forth between front-end languages, such as JavaScript, and our backend languages. When working in languages like JavaScript, it is common to construct template strings using the backtick character (`):

`Hello, ${name}.`

It is imperative to note that to accomplish the same thing in PHP, we should use the heredoc syntax or double-quoted strings:

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Introduction

What Are Strings?

Fluent Strings

The Formatting Helper Methods

The Logical Helper Methods

The Construction Helper Methods

The Extraction Helper Methods

Padding Strings

String Translations and Extension

Lines and Words

Applied Techniques: Writing a Gherkin Parser

Markov Chains and Text Generation

Fixed Width Data Parsing

Splitting Strings

Applied Techniques: A Blade Directive Validator

Working with HTML

Regular Expressions

Conclusion

Appendix

Backticks and Laravel String Helpers

Backticks