RE: [PEAR-DEV] Re: Package Proposal: SpellChecker

From the notes on php site Note: This extension has been removed from PHP and is no longer available as of PHP 4.3.0. If you want to use spell-checking capabilities in PHP, use pspell instead. It uses pspell library and works with newer versions of aspell. aspell works only with very old (up to .27.* or so) versions of aspell library. Neither this module, nor those versions of aspell library are supported any longer. You need the aspell library, available from: http://aspell.sourceforge.net/. Arnaud. > Maybe you should consider having it depend on the Aspell binary being > installed, rather then the pspell extension. Reason is, the pspell > extension is completely unavailable on Windows, and is a > royal pain to > get working. Whereas the Aspell binary is a wiz to install and is > available on all operating systems. You could use shelexec() to send > the info to the binary and then have it write a temp file. I > actually > have a script (a very nice script) which does this. > > Lately I haven't seen many scripts which use the pspell extension, it > seems to have *really* fallen by the way side. If I were you > I'd look > at the binary. Make it a heck of a lot easier on the developer. > > - Stan > > Tony Bibbs wrote: > > I did a quick package search on 'spell' on pear.php.net and > found no > > entries so I figured I'd offer a small class I drew up this > week for > > spell checking in PHP. It does require --with-pspell to be > installed. > > Quick feature run down: > > > > 1) Supports any languages supported by pspell/aspell. > > 2) Supports personalized word lists > > 3) Supports highlighting of misspelled words in text that is checked > > - Highlight method is customizable. Default is to use a > <span> with > > yellow background > > 4) Can return suggested spellings of mispelled words. > > - By default the <span> tag that does the highlight sticks > > suggestions in title attribute > > allowing them to be viewed by simply hovering the > mouse over it > > - If default behavior isn't desired, methods exist to grab the > > suggestions and do custom > > handling > > 5) Works fine with HTML/XML > > - This is done by saving copy of the original text we > are checking > > and then stripping out > > HTML/XML, doing the spell check and replacing the > mispellings in > > the original text > > 6) Goes without saying but it is a lightweight and OO and > should plugin > > easily to existing > > applicaitons > > > > Only down side is you will probably spend more time getting > > aspell/pspell working and recompiling PHP than you will > with trying to > > implement it. > > > > If accepted I'd seek the proper PEAR category to put it in, I was > > thinking Tools and Utilities but I'd be open to suggestions. > > > > --Tony > > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >