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<?php /** * @package Classes * @author Sho Kuwamoto <[email protected]> * @link http://kuwamoto.org/2007/12/17/improved-pluralizing-in-php-actionscript-and-ror/ Source */ class Inflect { /** * The plural form of a word * @var array */ '/(quiz)$/i' => '$1zes', '/^(ox)$/i' => '$1en', '/([m|l])ouse$/i' => '$1ice', '/(matr|vert|ind)ix|ex$/i' => '$1ices', '/(x|ch|ss|sh)$/i' => '$1es', '/([^aeiouy]|qu)y$/i' => '$1ies', '/(hive)$/i' => '$1s', '/(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$/i' => '$1$2ves', '/(shea|lea|loa|thie)f$/i' => '$1ves', '/sis$/i' => 'ses', '/([ti])um$/i' => '$1a', '/(tomat|potat|ech|her|vet)o$/i'=> '$1oes', '/(bu)s$/i' => '$1ses', '/(alias)$/i' => '$1es', '/(octop)us$/i' => '$1i', '/(ax|test)is$/i' => '$1es', '/(us)$/i' => '$1es', '/s$/i' => 's', '/$/' => 's' ); /** * The singular form of a word * @var array */ '/(quiz)zes$/i' => '$1', '/(matr)ices$/i' => '$1ix', '/(vert|ind)ices$/i' => '$1ex', '/^(ox)en$/i' => '$1', '/(alias)es$/i' => '$1', '/(octop|vir)i$/i' => '$1us', '/(cris|ax|test)es$/i' => '$1is', '/(shoe)s$/i' => '$1', '/(o)es$/i' => '$1', '/(bus)es$/i' => '$1', '/([m|l])ice$/i' => '$1ouse', '/(x|ch|ss|sh)es$/i' => '$1', '/(m)ovies$/i' => '$1ovie', '/(s)eries$/i' => '$1eries', '/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/i' => '$1y', '/([lr])ves$/i' => '$1f', '/(tive)s$/i' => '$1', '/(hive)s$/i' => '$1', '/(li|wi|kni)ves$/i' => '$1fe', '/(shea|loa|lea|thie)ves$/i'=> '$1f', '/(^analy)ses$/i' => '$1sis', '/((a)naly|(b)a|(d)iagno|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$/i' => '$1$2sis', '/([ti])a$/i' => '$1um', '/(n)ews$/i' => '$1ews', '/(h|bl)ouses$/i' => '$1ouse', '/(corpse)s$/i' => '$1', '/(us)es$/i' => '$1', '/s$/i' => '' ); /** * Words that aren't easily desribable via generic regex * @var array */ 'move' => 'moves', 'foot' => 'feet', 'goose' => 'geese', 'sex' => 'sexes', 'child' => 'children', 'man' => 'men', 'tooth' => 'teeth', 'person' => 'people' ); /** * Words that can be used as singular or plural without change * @var array */ 'sheep', 'fish', 'deer', 'series', 'species', 'money', 'rice', 'information', 'equipment' ); /** * Unconditionally pluralize a word * @param string $string The string to pluralize * @return string The pluralized string */ public static function pluralize( $string ) { // save some time in the case that singular and plural are the same return $string; // check for irregular singular forms foreach ( self::$irregular as $pattern => $result ) { $pattern = '/' . $pattern . '$/i'; } // check for matches using regular expressions foreach ( self::$plural as $pattern => $result ) { } return $string; } /** * Unconditionally singularize a word * @param string $string The string to singularize * @return string The singularized string */ public static function singularize( $string ) { // save some time in the case that singular and plural are the same return $string; // check for irregular plural forms foreach ( self::$irregular as $result => $pattern ) { $pattern = '/' . $pattern . '$/i'; } // check for matches using regular expressions foreach ( self::$singular as $pattern => $result ) { } return $string; } /** * Conditionally pluralize a word * @param int $count The number of items $string references * @param string $string The word to pluralize * @return string "{$count} " . $pluralized_string */ public static function pluralize_if($count, $string) { if ($count == 1) return "1 $string"; else return $count . " " . self::pluralize($string); } } ?>
URL: http://kuwamoto.org/2007/12/17/improved-pluralizing-in-php-actionscript-and-ror/Source