vaHelper.php

<?php 
/**
 * VentureApp
 * https://www.ventureapp.com/
 * email: info@ventureapp.com
 */

namespace App\Helpers;

class vaHelper
{
  /*
    Return just an array of certain values within a collection
    @param1 $collection (collection)
    @param2 $key (string as an attribute)
    @return array
  */
  public static function pluckCollectionByKey($collection, $key)
  {
    $collection = $collection->pluck($key);
    return $collection->all();
  }
  
  /*
    Merge two collections together
    @param1 $collection1 (collection)
    @param2 $collection2 (collection)
    @return $collection
  */
  public static function mergeTwoCollections($collection1, $collection2)
  {
    $new_collection = $collection1->merge($collection2);
    return $new_collection->all();
  }

  /*
    Strip in-line styles from a string.
    @param $str (string)
    @return string
  */
  public static function remove_inline_styles($str)
  {
    return preg_replace('/style[^>]*/', '', $str);
  }

  /*
    Quick-retreival of staff members
    @return User collection
  */  
  public static function getStaff()
  {
    if (Cache::has('staff')) {
      return Cache::get('staff');
    } else {
      return Cache::remember('staff', 60, function(){
        return User::where('staff', 1)->get();
      });
    }
  }

  /*
    Get all of the PHP comments within a file
    @param $filename (string)
    @return array
  */
  public static function get_php_comments($filename)
  {
      $docComments = array_filter(token_get_all(file_get_contents($filename)), function($entry)
      {
        return $entry[0] == T_COMMENT;
      });

      $params = array();
      foreach($docComments as $comment){
        array_push($params, $comment[1]);
      }
      return $params;
  }

  
}