Eugene, your reply-to address is set -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rees Sent: 15 April 2005 09:08 To: 'Eugene Voznesensky' Subject: RE: Reverse plural forms to singular for search That sounds like a nightmare! Assuming you are talking about English, you might be able to make some progress by removing trailing s or es for words. This would trim words down to their stem. You could do this with a regular expression, which will need to do something like look for es or s with no preceding s at the end of words (to avoid trimming words like glass). It will not catch forms like medium/media and thesis/theses. You could think about trying to trim words like that down to their stem (med in this case). In fact, would just trimming off the last two letters and searching for that do for you? It depends on the range of words you are searching for. Good luck Mark -----Original Message----- From: Eugene Voznesensky [mailto:voznesenphp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 14 April 2005 17:22 To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Reverse plural forms to singular for search I'm trying to reverse plural forms to singular ones and use the result for search [in database]. Is there any third party product to integrate with PHP, or some reliable algorithm? Thank you, Eu. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Gamma Global : Suppliers of IBM, Compaq, Cisco, Sun Microsystems, 3Com and HP Products. GAMMA GLOBAL (UK) LTD IS A RECOGNISED 'INVESTOR IN PEOPLE' AND AN 'ISO 9001 2000' REGISTERED COMPANY ********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This Email is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender IMMEDIATELY; you should not copy the email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person. GENERAL STATEMENT: Any statements made, or intentions expressed in this communication may not necessarily reflect the view of Gamma Global (UK) Ltd. Be advised that no content herein may be held binding upon Gamma Global (UK) Ltd or any associated company unless confirmed by the issuance of a formal contractual document or Purchase Order, subject to our Terms and Conditions available from http://www.gammaglobal.com E&OE ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
