* @param array $chars
* @return bool
*/
- public static function startsWith($string, array $chars)
+ public static function startsWithChars($string, array $chars)
{
$return = in_array(substr(trim($string), 0, 1), $chars);
return $return;
}
+ /**
+ * Check if the first string starts with the second
+ *
+ * @param string $string
+ * @param string $start
+ * @return bool
+ */
+ public static function startsWith(string $string, string $start)
+ {
+ $return = substr_compare($string, $start, 0, strlen($start)) === 0;
+
+ return $return;
+ }
+
/**
* Returns the regular expression string to match URLs in a given text
*