[PHP] Pluralize a word for searching a database

[Robert V. Zwink]

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;
}

Any help would be appreciated.  Seems like their might be a nice regex
waiting to handle this?  Thanks!

Robert Zwink
http://zwink.levitate.org


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Re: [PHP] Pluralize a word for searching a database

[richard merit]

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" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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;
 }
 
 Any help would be appreciated.  Seems like their
 might be a nice regex
 waiting to handle this?  Thanks!
 
 Robert Zwink
 http://zwink.levitate.org
 
 
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Re: [PHP] Pluralize a word for searching a database

[CC Zona]

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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...?

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