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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process;
+
+use Drupal\migrate\ProcessPluginBase;
+use Drupal\migrate\MigrateExecutableInterface;
+use Drupal\migrate\Row;
+use Drupal\migrate\MigrateException;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
+
+/**
+ * Returns a substring of the input value.
+ *
+ * The substr process plugin returns the portion of the input value specified by
+ * the start and length parameters. This is a wrapper around the PHP substr()
+ * function.
+ *
+ * Available configuration keys:
+ * - start: (optional) The returned string will start this many characters after
+ * the beginning of the string. Defaults to NULL.
+ * - length: (optional) The maximum number of characters in the returned
+ * string. Defaults to NULL.
+ *
+ * If start is NULL and length is an integer, the start position is the
+ * beginning of the string. If start is an integer and length is NULL, the
+ * substring starting from the start position until the end of the string will
+ * be returned. If both start and length are NULL the entire string is returned.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ * @code
+ * process:
+ * new_text_field:
+ * plugin: substr
+ * source: some_text_field
+ * start: 6
+ * length: 10
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * If some_text_field was 'Marie Skłodowska Curie' then
+ * $destination['new_text_field'] would be 'Skłodowska'.
+ *
+ * The PHP equivalent of this is:
+ *
+ * @code
+ * $destination['new_text_field'] = substr($source['some_text_field'], 6, 10);
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrateProcessInterface
+ *
+ * @MigrateProcessPlugin(
+ * id = "substr"
+ * )
+ */
+class Substr extends ProcessPluginBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function transform($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
+ $start = isset($this->configuration['start']) ? $this->configuration['start'] : 0;
+ if (!is_int($start)) {
+ throw new MigrateException('The start position configuration value should be an integer. Omit this key to capture from the beginning of the string.');
+ }
+ $length = isset($this->configuration['length']) ? $this->configuration['length'] : NULL;
+ if (!is_null($length) && !is_int($length)) {
+ throw new MigrateException('The character length configuration value should be an integer. Omit this key to capture from the start position to the end of the string.');
+ }
+ if (!is_string($value)) {
+ throw new MigrateException('The input value must be a string.');
+ }
+
+ // Use optional start or length to return a portion of $value.
+ $new_value = Unicode::substr($value, $start, $length);
+ return $new_value;
+ }
+
+}