src/services/WordsmithService.php
public function firstWord($s)
	{
		if (empty($s))
		{
			return null;
		}
		return (Stringy::create($s)->collapseWhitespace()->split(' ', 2))[0];
	}
public function firstWord($s)
	{
		if (empty($s))
		{
			return null;
		}
		return (Stringy::create($s)->collapseWhitespace()->split(' ', 2))[0];
	}
Returns the first word in the string, or an empty string if the source string is empty.

@param $s
@return string|null