"Str::mask()" method

Laravel 8.69 released with "Str::mask()" method which masks a portion of string with a repeated character

class PasswordResetLinkController extends Controller
{
    public function sendResetLinkResponse(Request $request)
    {
        $userEmail = User::where('email', $request->email)->value('email'); // username@domain.com
 
        $maskedEmail = Str::mask($userEmail, '*', 4); // user***************
 
        // If needed, you provide a negative number as the third argument to the mask method,
        // which will instruct the method to begin masking at the given distance from the end of the string
 
        $maskedEmail = Str::mask($userEmail, '*', -16, 6); // use******domain.com
    }
}

Tip given by @Teacoders