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Transforms string to it's possessive form and return it's original case form.

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  1. /*
  2.      * Transform text to show ownership e.g Arvi's, Jess'
  3.      */
  4.     public function to_possessive($string)
  5.     {
  6.         $length = strlen($string);
  7.         $last_letter = substr($string, $length-1, $length);
  8.  
  9.         $letter_s = ctype_upper($string) ? 'S' : 's';
  10.  
  11.         $possessive_form = ($last_letter == $letter_s) ? $string."'" : $string."'".$letter_s;
  12.  
  13.         return $possessive_form;
  14.     }

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