Inflection (Pluralize and Singularize)

[lukeholder]

Would be cool if english pluralisation and singularisation was possible in this library. If you agree, I would seek to make a more robust implementation of the below:

public function pluralize($word, $num = 2)
  {

    if ($num < 2){
      return $this->singularize($word);
    }

    $plural = array(
      '/(quiz)$/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)ies$/i' => '\1y',
      '/([^aeiouy]|qu)y$/i' => '\1ies',
      '/(hive)$/i' => '\1s',
      '/(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$/i' => '\1\2ves',
      '/sis$/i' => 'ses',
      '/([ti])um$/i' => '\1a',
      '/(buffal|tomat)o$/i' => '\1oes',
      '/(bu)s$/i' => '\1ses',
      '/(alias|status)/i'=> '\1es',
      '/(octop|vir)us$/i'=> '\1i',
      '/(ax|test)is$/i'=> '\1es',
      '/s$/i'=> 's',
      '/$/'=> 's');

    $uncountable = array('equipment', 'information', 'rice', 'money', 'species', 'series', 'fish', 'sheep');

    $irregular = array(
      'person' => 'people',
      'man' => 'men',
      'child' => 'children',
      'sex' => 'sexes',
      'move' => 'moves');

    $lowercased_word = strtolower($word);

    foreach ($uncountable as $_uncountable){
      if(substr($lowercased_word,(-1*strlen($_uncountable))) == $_uncountable){
        return $word;
      }
    }

    foreach ($irregular as $_plural=> $_singular){
      if (preg_match('/('.$_plural.')$/i', $word, $arr)) {
        return preg_replace('/('.$_plural.')$/i', substr($arr[0],0,1).substr($_singular,1), $word);
      }
    }

    foreach ($plural as $rule => $replacement) {
      if (preg_match($rule, $word)) {
        return preg_replace($rule, $replacement, $word);
      }
    }
    return false;

  }

  /**
   * Singularizes English nouns.
   *
   * @access public
   * @static
   * @param    string    $word    English noun to singularize
   * @return string Singular noun.
   */
  public function singularize($word, $num = 1)
  {
    if ($num > 1){
      return $this->pluralize($word);
    }
    $singular = array (
      '/(quiz)zes$/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' => '',
    );

    $uncountable = array('equipment', 'information', 'rice', 'money', 'species', 'series', 'fish', 'sheep');

    $irregular = array(
      'person' => 'people',
      'man' => 'men',
      'child' => 'children',
      'sex' => 'sexes',
      'move' => 'moves');

    $lowercased_word = strtolower($word);
    foreach ($uncountable as $_uncountable){
      if(substr($lowercased_word,(-1*strlen($_uncountable))) == $_uncountable){
        return $word;
      }
    }

    foreach ($irregular as $_plural=> $_singular){
      if (preg_match('/('.$_singular.')$/i', $word, $arr)) {
        return preg_replace('/('.$_singular.')$/i', substr($arr[0],0,1).substr($_plural,1), $word);
      }
    }

    foreach ($singular as $rule => $replacement) {
      if (preg_match($rule, $word)) {
        return preg_replace($rule, $replacement, $word);
      }
    }

    return $word;
  }

[danielstjules]

Hi @lukeholder, it looks like the above code was taken from a RoR port, as found at https://github.com/medio/Inflector/blob/master/Inflector.php correct? I feel less inclined to add features like pluralization/singularization since I'd imagine we could only support english.

Stringy was built with multibyte/multilingual support, as that type of manipulation can be a pain, and I'm hesitant to diverge from that. However, it seems to me that'd be a perfect example for a library that extends Stringy, like I'd done with SliceableStringy

[hipsterjazzbo]

Had a go, see #170 :)