[9.x] Add String::squish() helper #41791
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This proposes a new string helper method called
squish
, which is named similarly to the one in Rails. I know there's a lot of fair scrutiny given to adding new helpers but felt it was worth putting it out there in case you saw the usefulness that I do.My use-cases are both when outputting user input that had additional unnecessary whitespace, and also when creating interpolated strings that have optional values (i.e.
"A {$description} listing has been created."
). In both of these instances usingsquish
would make the content appear more professional.If you do like this addition I can follow-up and add it to
Stringable
as well.