Trim character from string

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I’m trying to trim a vimeo link.
https://vimeo.com/1234567890
Where you remove
https://vimeo.com/ (removes 18 characters).

So I saw online you can use Str::trim() | Kirby CMS but I have no clue on how to use it.
Also,
I saw the ->short() method but it removes the end of the string, I would like to remove the begining.

But I don’t really know how to use it…
Thanks!

2

Actually you don’t want to trim the string (in your case the link), which means removing certain characters (usually blanks) from the left or right side of the string - you want to get rid of a part of a string. For that, Kirby provides the Str::replace() | Kirby CMS function:

$vimeoShortLink = Str::replace('https://vimeo.com/1234567890','https://vimeo.com/','');

This will replace the string https://vimeo.com/ from the string https://vimeo.com/1234567890 with nothing, hence remove it.

With Str::startsWith() | Kirby CMS you could check if the original string really starts with the part you want to remove.

3

Thanks I get it,
but should I use it in my page.php like :

  <?= $vimeoShortLink = Str::replace('https://vimeo.com/1234567890', 'https://vimeo.com/', '');
  echo $videoShortLink; ?>

Or should I use a page method?
Thanks !

4

I can’t tell, it depends on your use case.