[FORMATTING] Add utilities to remove affixes from strings

src/Util/Common.php

@@ -237,16 +237,16 @@ abstract class Common
     }
 
     /**
-     * If $secure is true, only allow https URLs to pass
+     * If $ensure_secure is true, only allow https URLs to pass
      */
-    public function isValidHttpUrl(string $url, bool $ensure_secure = false)
+    public static function isValidHttpUrl(string $url, bool $ensure_secure = false)
     {
         if (empty($url)) {
             return false;
         }
 
         // (if false, we use '?' in 'https?' to say the 's' is optional)
-        $regex = $secure ? '/^https$/' : '/^https?$/';
+        $regex = $ensure_secure ? '/^https$/' : '/^https?$/';
         return filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)
             && preg_match($regex, parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME));
     }

src/Util/Formatting.php

@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ abstract class Formatting
             });
     }
 
+    public static function removePrefix(string $haystack, string $needle)
+    {
+        return substr($haystack, strlen($needle));
+    }
+
+    public static function removeSuffix(string $haystack, string $needle)
+    {
+        return substr($haystack, -strlen($needle));
+    }
+
     public static function camelCaseToSnakeCase(string $str): string
     {
         return strtolower(preg_replace('/([a-z])([A-Z])/', '$1_$2', $str));