Re: Spell checker in PHP

Justin, I don't know what version of Word you have, but XP seems to do fine with correcting city names. Alex "Justin French" <justin@indent.com.au> wrote in message news:2E959506-4432-11D8-9491-000A9579CE3A@indent.com.au... > On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 06:57 AM, Robin Kopetzky wrote: > > > Good afternoon! > > > > I know aspell and pspell are available but pspell won't work in my > > Windows > > environment. Does anyone know how to tie into Word's spell checker > > using php > > or another spell check option? What I need is a way to check spelling > > on > > city/state names and select the most appropriate if the user mangles > > the > > words. > > Ummmm, does is Word actually capable of City/State names? To the best > of my knowledge (I don't use Word), Word checks against a dictionary > (US/UK/AU English, etc)... I wouldn't think these dictionaries would > extend as far as all City & State names applicable for that dictionary. > That's insane. > > Although technically, you *could* add them all to Word's dictionary. > > However, my point is, Spell-checking of City & State names isn't > common, because it's too hard for the dictionaries to keep up with the > list. > > So, if Word can't offer this feature, why would your web application > need it? > > > Also, given the global nature of the web, you'd have a LOT of data > entry to do :) > > > Justin French