🔗 Piper: Laravel-style array and string helpers for PHP's pipe operator

PHP 8.5's pipe operator enables a seamless flow of data between functions, yet built-in functions and Laravel's classes weren't designed for it. Piper bridges that gap by transforming Laravel's collection and string methods into standalone functions specifically tailored for use with the pipe operator.

The article demonstrates how Piper operates directly on native arrays and strings without needing any wrapper. Functions are curried for easy integration, meaning you can chain array and string transformations fluidly. With its familiar API mirroring Laravel's, developers can easily adopt Piper to streamline their data manipulations in PHP.

It emphasizes that you can mix operations on arrays and strings in a single pipeline, creating a natural and efficient coding style.