[10.x] Add str()->take($limit) and Str::take($string, $limit)

src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php

@@ -1386,6 +1386,22 @@ public static function swap(array $map, $subject)
         return strtr($subject, $map);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Take the first or last {$limit} characters of a string.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $string
+     * @param  int  $limit
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function take($string, int $limit): string
+    {
+        if ($limit < 0) {
+            return static::substr($string, $limit);
+        }
+
+        return static::substr($string, 0, $limit);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Make a string's first character lowercase.
      *

src/Illuminate/Support/Stringable.php

@@ -900,6 +900,21 @@ public function swap(array $map)
         return new static(strtr($this->value, $map));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Take the first or last {$limit} characters.
+     *
+     * @param  int  $limit
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public function take(int $limit)
+    {
+        if ($limit < 0) {
+            return $this->substr($limit);
+        }
+
+        return $this->substr(0, $limit);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Trim the string of the given characters.
      *

tests/Support/SupportStrTest.php

@@ -847,6 +847,12 @@ public function testSubstrReplace()
         $this->assertSame('Laravel – The PHP Framework for Web Artisans', Str::substrReplace('Laravel Framework', '– The PHP Framework for Web Artisans', 8));
     }
 
+    public function testTake()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('ab', Str::take('abcdef', 2));
+        $this->assertSame('ef', Str::take('abcdef', -2));
+    }
+
     public function testLcfirst()
     {
         $this->assertSame('laravel', Str::lcfirst('Laravel'));

tests/Support/SupportStringableTest.php

@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ public function testMatch()
         $this->assertTrue($stringable->matchAll('/nothing/')->isEmpty());
     }
 
+    public function testTake()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('ab', (string) $this->stringable('abcdef')->take(2));
+        $this->assertSame('ef', (string) $this->stringable('abcdef')->take(-2));
+    }
+
     public function testTest()
     {
         $stringable = $this->stringable('foo bar');