Inflector Helper
The Inflector Helper file contains functions that permit you to change English words to plural, singular, camel case, etc.
Loading this Helper
This helper is loaded using the following code:
<?php
helper('inflector');
Available Functions
The following functions are available:
- singular($string)
- Parameters
$string (
string) – Input string
- Returns
A singular word
- Return type
string
Changes a plural word to singular. Example:
<?php echo singular('dogs'); // Prints 'dog'
- plural($string)
- Parameters
$string (
string) – Input string
- Returns
A plural word
- Return type
string
Changes a singular word to plural. Example:
<?php echo plural('dog'); // Prints 'dogs'
- counted($count, $string)
- Parameters
$count (
int) – Number of items$string (
string) – Input string
- Returns
A singular or plural phrase
- Return type
string
Changes a word and its count to a phrase. Example:
<?php echo counted(3, 'dog'); // Prints '3 dogs'
- camelize($string)
- Parameters
$string (
string) – Input string
- Returns
Camel case string
- Return type
string
Changes a string of words separated by spaces or underscores to camel case. Example:
<?php echo camelize('my_dog_spot'); // Prints 'myDogSpot'
- pascalize($string)
- Parameters
$string (
string) – Input string
- Returns
Pascal case string
- Return type
string
Changes a string of words separated by spaces or underscores to Pascal case, which is camel case with the first letter capitalized. Example:
<?php echo pascalize('my_dog_spot'); // Prints 'MyDogSpot'
- underscore($string)
- Parameters
$string (
string) – Input string
- Returns
String containing underscores instead of spaces
- Return type
string
Takes multiple words separated by spaces and underscores them. Example:
<?php echo underscore('my dog spot'); // Prints 'my_dog_spot'
- humanize($string[, $separator = '_'])
- Parameters
$string (
string) – Input string$separator (
string) – Input separator
- Returns
Humanized string
- Return type
string
Takes multiple words separated by underscores and adds spaces between them. Each word is capitalized.
Example:
<?php echo humanize('my_dog_spot'); // Prints 'My Dog Spot'
To use dashes instead of underscores:
<?php echo humanize('my-dog-spot', '-'); // Prints 'My Dog Spot'
- is_pluralizable($word)
- Parameters
$word (
string) – Input string
- Returns
true if the word is countable or false if not
- Return type
bool
Checks if the given word has a plural version. Example:
<?php is_pluralizable('equipment'); // Returns false
- dasherize($string)
- Parameters
$string (
string) – Input string
- Returns
Dasherized string
- Return type
string
Replaces underscores with dashes in the string. Example:
<?php dasherize('hello_world'); // Returns 'hello-world'
- ordinal($integer)
- Parameters
$integer (
int) – The integer to determine the suffix
- Returns
Ordinal suffix
- Return type
string
Returns the suffix that should be added to a number to denote the position such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. Example:
<?php ordinal(1); // Returns 'st'
- ordinalize($integer)
- Parameters
$integer (
int) – The integer to ordinalize
- Returns
Ordinalized integer
- Return type
string
Turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the position such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. Example:
<?php ordinalize(1); // Returns '1st'