Inflector Helper

The Inflector Helper file contains functions that permits you to change English words to plural, singular, camel case, etc.

• Loading this Helper
• Available Functions

Loading this Helper

This helper is loaded using the following code:

$this->load->helper('inflector');

Available Functions

The following functions are available:

singular($str)

Parameters:	$str (string) – Input string
Returns:	A singular word
Return type:	string

Changes a plural word to singular. Example:

echo singular('dogs'); // Prints 'dog'

plural($str)

Parameters:	$str (string) – Input string
Returns:	A plural word
Return type:	string

Changes a singular word to plural. Example:

echo plural('dog'); // Prints 'dogs'

camelize($str)

Parameters:	$str (string) – Input string
Returns:	Camelized string
Return type:	string

Changes a string of words separated by spaces or underscores to camel case. Example:

echo camelize('my_dog_spot'); // Prints 'myDogSpot'

underscore($str)

Parameters:	$str (string) – Input string
Returns:	String containing underscores instead of spaces
Return type:	string

Takes multiple words separated by spaces and underscores them. Example:

echo underscore('my dog spot'); // Prints 'my_dog_spot'

humanize($str[, $separator = '_'])

Parameters:	$str (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:

echo humanize('my_dog_spot'); // Prints 'My Dog Spot'

To use dashes instead of underscores:

echo humanize('my-dog-spot', '-'); // Prints 'My Dog Spot'

word_is_countable($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:

word_is_countable('equipment'); // Returns FALSE

Note

This function used to be called is_countable() in in previous CodeIgniter versions.