Re: Pluralize a word for searching a database
| From: | CC Zona | Date: | Thu, 01 Mar 2001 02:02:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Pluralize a word for searching a database | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.general |
| Request: | Send a blank email to php-general+get-42108@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message | ||
In article <20010228183347.89585.qmail@web12715.mail.yahoo.com>,
richand2002@yahoo.com (richard merit) wrote:
> I don't think you can since the plural form of English
> words can vary, woman, women, families, family, foot,
> feet, church, churches, sheep, sheep, road, roads...
>
> ?????
>
> rm
>
> --- "Robert V. Zwink" <rzwink@microcenter.com> wrote:
> > Has anyone every written a function in php to
> > pluralize an english word,
> > particularly when searching a database?
> >
> > function pluralize($word){
> > return array of pluralized words;
> > }
Maybe by posting a lookup to an online dictionary, and parsing out the
returned definition for the plural wordform...?
--
CC