zachflower / indefinite-article
Library for programmatically determining the appropriate indefinite article to use (a/an)
Requires
- php: >= 5.3.0
Requires (Dev)
- phpunit/phpunit: ~4.2
This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2024-03-28 23:10:40 UTC
README
PHP implementation of the Lingua::EN::Inflect Perl module's A() and AN() subroutines, originally ported to PHP by Niko Salminen.
Installation
Via Composer
Require the library and update via Composer:
composer require zachflower/indefinite-article
composer update
Manually
Download the latest release, extract into a directory called indefinite-article, and include the library at the beginning of your script:
include_once('./indefinite-articles/src/IndefiniteArticle.php');
use \IndefiniteArticle\IndefiniteArticle;
Usage
The PHP Indefinite Article Library is used to determine the proper indefinite article to use before a word ('a' or 'an'). To do so, simply call the A() method with your word or phrase:
IndefiniteArticle::A('elephant')
The method will return a string prefixed with the appropriate indefinite article:
an elephant
Copyright and License
Original Perl module Copyright © 1997-2009 Damian Conway; Original PHP port Copyright © 2012 Niko Salminen; Current library copyright © 2016 Zachary Flower; Code released under the BSD license.