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PHP singularize
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| <?php | |
| /** | |
| * Singularize a string. | |
| * Converts a word to english singular form. | |
| * | |
| * Usage example: | |
| * {singularize "people"} # person | |
| */ | |
| function singularize ($params) | |
| { | |
| if (is_string($params)) | |
| { | |
| $word = $params; | |
| } else if (!$word = $params['word']) { | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| $singular = array ( | |
| '/(quiz)zes$/i' => '\\1', | |
| '/(matr)ices$/i' => '\\1ix', | |
| '/(vert|ind)ices$/i' => '\\1ex', | |
| '/^(ox)en/i' => '\\1', | |
| '/(alias|status)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', | |
| '/([^f])ves$/i' => '\\1fe', | |
| '/(^analy)ses$/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$/i' => '\\1ews', | |
| '/s$/i' => '' | |
| ); | |
| $irregular = array( | |
| 'person' => 'people', | |
| 'man' => 'men', | |
| 'child' => 'children', | |
| 'sex' => 'sexes', | |
| 'move' => 'moves' | |
| ); | |
| $ignore = array( | |
| 'equipment', | |
| 'information', | |
| 'rice', | |
| 'money', | |
| 'species', | |
| 'series', | |
| 'fish', | |
| 'sheep', | |
| 'press', | |
| 'sms', | |
| ); | |
| $lower_word = strtolower($word); | |
| foreach ($ignore as $ignore_word) | |
| { | |
| if (substr($lower_word, (-1 * strlen($ignore_word))) == $ignore_word) | |
| { | |
| return $word; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| foreach ($irregular as $singular_word => $plural_word) | |
| { | |
| if (preg_match('/('.$plural_word.')$/i', $word, $arr)) | |
| { | |
| return preg_replace('/('.$plural_word.')$/i', substr($arr[0],0,1).substr($singular_word,1), $word); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| foreach ($singular as $rule => $replacement) | |
| { | |
| if (preg_match($rule, $word)) | |
| { | |
| return preg_replace($rule, $replacement, $word); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return $word; | |
| } |
fwiw, based on the above script I worked out a few more cases and made it pass the doctrine/inflector EN test-suite
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Exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you!