How to convert PascalCase to snake_case?

Try this on for size:

$tests = array(
  'simpleTest' => 'simple_test',
  'easy' => 'easy',
  'HTML' => 'html',
  'simpleXML' => 'simple_xml',
  'PDFLoad' => 'pdf_load',
  'startMIDDLELast' => 'start_middle_last',
  'AString' => 'a_string',
  'Some4Numbers234' => 'some4_numbers234',
  'TEST123String' => 'test123_string',
);

foreach ($tests as $test => $result) {
  $output = from_camel_case($test);
  if ($output === $result) {
    echo "Pass: $test => $result\n";
  } else {
    echo "Fail: $test => $result [$output]\n";
  }
}

function from_camel_case($input) {
  preg_match_all('!([A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(?=$|[A-Z][a-z0-9])|[A-Za-z][a-z0-9]+)!', $input, $matches);
  $ret = $matches[0];
  foreach ($ret as &$match) {
    $match = $match == strtoupper($match) ? strtolower($match) : lcfirst($match);
  }
  return implode('_', $ret);
}

Output:

Pass: simpleTest => simple_test
Pass: easy => easy
Pass: HTML => html
Pass: simpleXML => simple_xml
Pass: PDFLoad => pdf_load
Pass: startMIDDLELast => start_middle_last
Pass: AString => a_string
Pass: Some4Numbers234 => some4_numbers234
Pass: TEST123String => test123_string

This implements the following rules:

1. A sequence beginning with a lowercase letter must be followed by lowercase letters and digits;
2. A sequence beginning with an uppercase letter can be followed by either:
   • one or more uppercase letters and digits (followed by either the end of the string or an uppercase letter followed by a lowercase letter or digit ie the start of the next sequence); or
   • one or more lowercase letters or digits.

php does not offer a built in function for this afaik, but here is what I use

function uncamelize($camel,$splitter="_") {
    $camel=preg_replace('/(?!^)[[:upper:]][[:lower:]]/', '$0', preg_replace('/(?!^)[[:upper:]]+/', $splitter.'$0', $camel));
    return strtolower($camel);

}

the splitter can be specified in the function call, so you can call it like so

$camelized="thisStringIsCamelized";
echo uncamelize($camelized,"_");
//echoes "this_string_is_camelized"
echo uncamelize($camelized,"-");
//echoes "this-string-is-camelized"

I had a similar problem but couldn't find any answer that satisfies how to convert CamelCase to snake_case, while avoiding duplicate or redundant underscores _ for names with underscores, or all caps abbreviations.

Th problem is as follows:

CamelCaseClass            => camel_case_class
ClassName_WithUnderscores => class_name_with_underscore
FAQ                       => faq

The solution I wrote is a simple two functions call, lowercase and search and replace for consecutive lowercase-uppercase letters:

strtolower(preg_replace("/([a-z])([A-Z])/", "$1_$2", $name));

Short solution:

$subject = "PascalCase";
echo strtolower(preg_replace('/\B([A-Z])/', '_$1', $subject));

A version that doesn't use regex can be found in the Alchitect source:

decamelize($str, $glue='_')
{
    $counter  = 0;
    $uc_chars = '';
    $new_str  = array();
    $str_len  = strlen($str);

    for ($x=0; $x<$str_len; ++$x)
    {
        $ascii_val = ord($str[$x]);

        if ($ascii_val >= 65 && $ascii_val <= 90)
        {
            $uc_chars .= $str[$x];
        }
    }

    $tok = strtok($str, $uc_chars);

    while ($tok !== false)
    {
        $new_char  = chr(ord($uc_chars[$counter]) + 32);
        $new_str[] = $new_char . $tok;
        $tok       = strtok($uc_chars);

        ++$counter;
    }

    return implode($new_str, $glue);
}

Laravel 5.6 provides a very simple way of doing this:

 /**
 * Convert a string to snake case.
 *
 * @param  string  $value
 * @param  string  $delimiter
 * @return string
 */
public static function snake($value, $delimiter = '_'): string
{
    if (!ctype_lower($value)) {
        $value = strtolower(preg_replace('/(.)(?=[A-Z])/u', '$1'.$delimiter, $value));
    }

    return $value;
}

What it does: if it sees that there is at least one capital letter in the given string, it uses a positive lookahead to search for any character (.) followed by a capital letter ((?=[A-Z])). It then replaces the found character with it's value followed by the separactor _.

Yii2 have the different function to make the word snake_case from CamelCase.

    /**
     * Converts any "CamelCased" into an "underscored_word".
     * @param string $words the word(s) to underscore
     * @return string
     */
    public static function underscore($words)
    {
        return strtolower(preg_replace('/(?<=\\w)([A-Z])/', '_\\1', $words));
    }

If you are not using Composer for PHP you are wasting your time.

composer require doctrine/inflector

use Doctrine\Inflector\InflectorFactory;

// Couple ways to get class name:

// If inside a parent class
$class_name = get_called_class();

// Or just inside the class
$class_name = get_class();

// Or straight get a class name
$class_name = MyCustomClass::class;

// Or, of course, a string
$class_name = 'App\Libs\MyCustomClass';

// Take the name down to the base name:
$class_name = end(explode('\\', $class_name)));

$inflector = InflectorFactory::create()->build();

$inflector->tableize($class_name); // my_custom_class

https://github.com/doctrine/inflector/blob/master/docs/en/index.rst

Use Symfony String

composer require symfony/string

use function Symfony\Component\String\u;

u($string)->snake()->toString()

function camel2snake($name) {
    $str_arr = str_split($name);
    foreach ($str_arr as $k => &$v) {
        if (ord($v) >= 64 && ord($v) <= 90) { // A = 64; Z = 90
            $v = strtolower($v);
            $v = ($k != 0) ? '_'.$v : $v;
        }
    }
    return implode('', $str_arr);
}

This is one of shorter ways:

function camel_to_snake($input)
{
    return strtolower(ltrim(preg_replace('/([A-Z])/', '_\\1', $input), '_'));
}

$str = 'FooBarBaz';

return strtolower(preg_replace('~(?<=\\w)([A-Z])~', '_$1', $str)); // foo_bar_baz