"$1zes", '/^(ox)$/i' => "$1en", '/([m|l])ouse$/i' => "$1ice", '/(matr|vert|ind)ix|ex$/i' => "$1ices", '/(x|ch|ss|sh)$/i' => "$1es", '/([^aeiouy]|qu)y$/i' => "$1ies", '/(hive)$/i' => "$1s", '/(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$/i' => "$1$2ves", '/(shea|lea|loa|thie)f$/i' => "$1ves", '/sis$/i' => "ses", '/([ti])um$/i' => "$1a", '/(tomat|potat|ech|her|vet)o$/i'=> "$1oes", '/(bu)s$/i' => "$1ses", '/(alias)$/i' => "$1es", '/(octop)us$/i' => "$1i", '/(ax|test)is$/i' => "$1es", '/(us)$/i' => "$1es", '/s$/i' => "s", '/$/' => "s" ); static $singular = array( '/(quiz)zes$/i' => "$1", '/(matr)ices$/i' => "$1ix", '/(vert|ind)ices$/i' => "$1ex", '/^(ox)en$/i' => "$1", '/(alias)es$/i' => "$1", '/(octop|vir)i$/i' => "$1us", '/(cris|ax|test)es$/i' => "$1is", '/(shoe)s$/i' => "$1", '/(o)es$/i' => "$1", '/(bus)es$/i' => "$1", '/([m|l])ice$/i' => "$1ouse", '/(x|ch|ss|sh)es$/i' => "$1", '/(m)ovies$/i' => "$1ovie", '/(s)eries$/i' => "$1eries", '/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/i' => "$1y", '/([lr])ves$/i' => "$1f", '/(tive)s$/i' => "$1", '/(hive)s$/i' => "$1", '/(li|wi|kni)ves$/i' => "$1fe", '/(shea|loa|lea|thie)ves$/i'=> "$1f", '/(^analy)ses$/i' => "$1sis", '/((a)naly|(b)a|(d)iagno|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$/i' => "$1$2sis", '/([ti])a$/i' => "$1um", '/(n)ews$/i' => "$1ews", '/(h|bl)ouses$/i' => "$1ouse", '/(corpse)s$/i' => "$1", '/(us)es$/i' => "$1", '/s$/i' => "" ); static $irregular = array( "move" => "moves", "foot" => "feet", "goose" => "geese", "sex" => "sexes", "child" => "children", "man" => "men", "tooth" => "teeth", "person" => "people" ); static $uncountable = array( "sheep", "fish", "deer", "series", "species", "money", "rice", "information", "equipment" ); public static function pluralize( $string ) { // save some time in the case that singular and plural are the same if ( in_array( strtolower( $string ), self::$uncountable ) ) { return $string; } // check for irregular singular forms foreach ( self::$irregular as $pattern => $result ) { $pattern = "/" . $pattern . "$/i"; if ( preg_match( $pattern, $string ) ) { return preg_replace( $pattern, $result, $string); } } // check for matches using regular expressions foreach ( self::$plural as $pattern => $result ) { if ( preg_match( $pattern, $string ) ) { return preg_replace( $pattern, $result, $string ); } } return $string; } public static function singularize( $string ) { // save some time in the case that singular and plural are the same if ( in_array( strtolower( $string ), self::$uncountable ) ) { return $string; } // check for irregular plural forms foreach ( self::$irregular as $result => $pattern ) { $pattern = "/" . $pattern . "$/i"; if ( preg_match( $pattern, $string ) ) { return preg_replace( $pattern, $result, $string); } } // check for matches using regular expressions foreach ( self::$singular as $pattern => $result ) { if ( preg_match( $pattern, $string ) ) { return preg_replace( $pattern, $result, $string ); } } return $string; } public static function pluralize_if($count, $string) { if ($count == 1) { return "1 $string"; } else { return $count . " " . self::pluralize($string); } } }