BaseInflector

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class	yii\helpers\BaseInflector
Since	2.0
Source	framework/helpers/BaseInflector.php

1 subclass

• Inflector

BaseInflector provides concrete implementation for Inflector.

Do not use BaseInflector. Use Inflector instead.

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined by
$plurals static	array	The rules for converting a word into its plural form. Default: ['/([nrlm]ese|deer|fish|sheep|measles|ois|pox|media)$/i' => '\1', '/^(sea[-]bass)$/i' => '\1', '/(m)ove$/i' => '\1oves', '/(f)oot$/i' => '\1eet', '/(h)uman$/i' => '\1umans', '/(s)tatus$/i' => '\1tatuses', '/(s)taff$/i' => '\1taff', '/(t)ooth$/i' => '\1eeth', '/(quiz)$/i' => '\1zes', '/^(ox)$/i' => '\1\2en', '/([m|l])ouse$/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)$/i' => '\1\2ves', '/sis$/i' => 'ses', '/([ti])um$/i' => '\1a', '/(p)erson$/i' => '\1eople', '/(m)an$/i' => '\1en', '/(c)hild$/i' => '\1hildren', '/(buffal|tomat|potat|ech|her|vet)o$/i' => '\1oes', '/(alumn|bacill|cact|foc|fung|nucle|radi|stimul|syllab|termin|vir)us$/i' => '\1i', '/us$/i' => 'uses', '/(alias)$/i' => '\1es', '/(ax|cris|test)is$/i' => '\1es', '/(currenc)y$/' => '\1ies', '/s$/' => 's', '/^$/' => '', '/$/' => 's'].	BaseInflector
$singulars static	array	The rules for converting a word into its singular form. Default: ['/([nrlm]ese|deer|fish|sheep|measles|ois|pox|media|ss)$/i' => '\1', '/^(sea[-]bass)$/i' => '\1', '/(s)tatuses$/i' => '\1tatus', '/(f)eet$/i' => '\1oot', '/(t)eeth$/i' => '\1ooth', '/^(.*)(menu)s$/i' => '\1\2', '/(quiz)zes$/i' => '\1', '/(matr)ices$/i' => '\1ix', '/(vert|ind)ices$/i' => '\1ex', '/^(ox)en/i' => '\1', '/(alias)(es)*$/i' => '\1', '/(alumn|bacill|cact|foc|fung|nucle|radi|stimul|syllab|termin|viri?)i$/i' => '\1us', '/([ftw]ax)es/i' => '\1', '/(cris|ax|test)es$/i' => '\1is', '/(shoe|slave)s$/i' => '\1', '/(o)es$/i' => '\1', '/ouses$/' => 'ouse', '/([^a])uses$/' => '\1us', '/([m|l])ice$/i' => '\1ouse', '/(x|ch|ss|sh)es$/i' => '\1', '/(m)ovies$/i' => '\1\2ovie', '/(s)eries$/i' => '\1\2eries', '/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/i' => '\1y', '/([lr])ves$/i' => '\1f', '/(tive)s$/i' => '\1', '/(hive)s$/i' => '\1', '/(drive)s$/i' => '\1', '/([^fo])ves$/i' => '\1fe', '/(^analy)ses$/i' => '\1sis', '/(analy|diagno|^ba|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$/i' => '\1\2sis', '/([ti])a$/i' => '\1um', '/(p)eople$/i' => '\1\2erson', '/(m)en$/i' => '\1an', '/(c)hildren$/i' => '\1\2hild', '/(n)ews$/i' => '\1\2ews', '/(n)etherlands$/i' => '\1\2etherlands', '/eaus$/' => 'eau', '/(currenc)ies$/' => '\1y', '/^(.*us)$/' => '\1', '/s$/i' => ''].	BaseInflector
$specials static	array	The special rules for converting a word between its plural form and singular form. Default: ['atlas' => 'atlases', 'beef' => 'beefs', 'brother' => 'brothers', 'cafe' => 'cafes', 'child' => 'children', 'cookie' => 'cookies', 'corpus' => 'corpuses', 'cow' => 'cows', 'curve' => 'curves', 'foe' => 'foes', 'ganglion' => 'ganglions', 'genie' => 'genies', 'genus' => 'genera', 'graffito' => 'graffiti', 'hoof' => 'hoofs', 'loaf' => 'loaves', 'man' => 'men', 'money' => 'monies', 'mongoose' => 'mongooses', 'move' => 'moves', 'mythos' => 'mythoi', 'niche' => 'niches', 'numen' => 'numina', 'occiput' => 'occiputs', 'octopus' => 'octopuses', 'opus' => 'opuses', 'ox' => 'oxen', 'pasta' => 'pasta', 'penis' => 'penises', 'sex' => 'sexes', 'soliloquy' => 'soliloquies', 'testis' => 'testes', 'trilby' => 'trilbys', 'turf' => 'turfs', 'wave' => 'waves', 'Amoyese' => 'Amoyese', 'bison' => 'bison', 'Borghese' => 'Borghese', 'bream' => 'bream', 'breeches' => 'breeches', 'britches' => 'britches', 'buffalo' => 'buffalo', 'cantus' => 'cantus', 'carp' => 'carp', 'chassis' => 'chassis', 'clippers' => 'clippers', 'cod' => 'cod', 'coitus' => 'coitus', 'Congoese' => 'Congoese', 'contretemps' => 'contretemps', 'corps' => 'corps', 'debris' => 'debris', 'diabetes' => 'diabetes', 'djinn' => 'djinn', 'eland' => 'eland', 'elk' => 'elk', 'equipment' => 'equipment', 'Faroese' => 'Faroese', 'flounder' => 'flounder', 'Foochowese' => 'Foochowese', 'gallows' => 'gallows', 'Genevese' => 'Genevese', 'Genoese' => 'Genoese', 'Gilbertese' => 'Gilbertese', 'graffiti' => 'graffiti', 'headquarters' => 'headquarters', 'herpes' => 'herpes', 'hijinks' => 'hijinks', 'Hottentotese' => 'Hottentotese', 'information' => 'information', 'innings' => 'innings', 'jackanapes' => 'jackanapes', 'Kiplingese' => 'Kiplingese', 'Kongoese' => 'Kongoese', 'Lucchese' => 'Lucchese', 'mackerel' => 'mackerel', 'Maltese' => 'Maltese', 'mews' => 'mews', 'moose' => 'moose', 'mumps' => 'mumps', 'Nankingese' => 'Nankingese', 'news' => 'news', 'nexus' => 'nexus', 'Niasese' => 'Niasese', 'Pekingese' => 'Pekingese', 'Piedmontese' => 'Piedmontese', 'pincers' => 'pincers', 'Pistoiese' => 'Pistoiese', 'pliers' => 'pliers', 'Portuguese' => 'Portuguese', 'proceedings' => 'proceedings', 'rabies' => 'rabies', 'rice' => 'rice', 'rhinoceros' => 'rhinoceros', 'salmon' => 'salmon', 'Sarawakese' => 'Sarawakese', 'scissors' => 'scissors', 'series' => 'series', 'Shavese' => 'Shavese', 'shears' => 'shears', 'siemens' => 'siemens', 'species' => 'species', 'swine' => 'swine', 'testes' => 'testes', 'trousers' => 'trousers', 'trout' => 'trout', 'tuna' => 'tuna', 'Vermontese' => 'Vermontese', 'Wenchowese' => 'Wenchowese', 'whiting' => 'whiting', 'wildebeest' => 'wildebeest', 'Yengeese' => 'Yengeese', 'software' => 'software', 'hardware' => 'hardware'].	BaseInflector
$transliteration static	array	Fallback map for transliteration used by transliterate() when intl isn’t available. Default: ['À' => 'A', 'Á' => 'A', 'Â' => 'A', 'Ã' => 'A', 'Ä' => 'A', 'Å' => 'A', 'Æ' => 'AE', 'Ç' => 'C', 'È' => 'E', 'É' => 'E', 'Ê' => 'E', 'Ë' => 'E', 'Ì' => 'I', 'Í' => 'I', 'Î' => 'I', 'Ï' => 'I', 'Ð' => 'D', 'Ñ' => 'N', 'Ò' => 'O', 'Ó' => 'O', 'Ô' => 'O', 'Õ' => 'O', 'Ö' => 'O', 'Ő' => 'O', 'Ø' => 'O', 'Ù' => 'U', 'Ú' => 'U', 'Û' => 'U', 'Ü' => 'U', 'Ű' => 'U', 'Ý' => 'Y', 'Þ' => 'TH', 'ß' => 'ss', 'à' => 'a', 'á' => 'a', 'â' => 'a', 'ã' => 'a', 'ä' => 'a', 'å' => 'a', 'æ' => 'ae', 'ç' => 'c', 'è' => 'e', 'é' => 'e', 'ê' => 'e', 'ë' => 'e', 'ì' => 'i', 'í' => 'i', 'î' => 'i', 'ï' => 'i', 'ð' => 'd', 'ñ' => 'n', 'ò' => 'o', 'ó' => 'o', 'ô' => 'o', 'õ' => 'o', 'ö' => 'o', 'ő' => 'o', 'ø' => 'o', 'ù' => 'u', 'ú' => 'u', 'û' => 'u', 'ü' => 'u', 'ű' => 'u', 'ý' => 'y', 'þ' => 'th', 'ÿ' => 'y'].	BaseInflector
$transliterator static	mixed	Either a Transliterator, or a string from which a Transliterator can be built for transliteration. Default: self::TRANSLITERATE_LOOSE.	BaseInflector

Methods

Method	Description	Defined by
camel2id() static	Converts a CamelCase name into an ID in lowercase.	BaseInflector
camel2words() static	Converts a CamelCase name into space-separated words.	BaseInflector
camelize() static	Returns given word as CamelCased.	BaseInflector
classify() static	Converts a table name to its class name.	BaseInflector
humanize() static	Returns a human-readable string from $word.	BaseInflector
id2camel() static	Converts an ID into a CamelCase name.	BaseInflector
ordinalize() static	Converts number to its ordinal English form. For example, converts 13 to 13th, 2 to 2nd .	BaseInflector
pluralize() static	Converts a word to its plural form.	BaseInflector
sentence() static	Converts a list of words into a sentence.	BaseInflector
singularize() static	Returns the singular of the $word.	BaseInflector
slug() static	Returns a string with all spaces converted to given replacement, non word characters removed and the rest of characters transliterated.	BaseInflector
tableize() static	Converts a class name to its table name (pluralized) naming conventions.	BaseInflector
titleize() static	Converts an underscored or CamelCase word into a English sentence.	BaseInflector
transliterate() static	Returns transliterated version of a string.	BaseInflector
underscore() static	Converts any “CamelCased” into an “underscored_word”.	BaseInflector
variablize() static	Same as camelize but first char is in lowercase.	BaseInflector
hasIntl() protected static		BaseInflector

Constants

Constant	Value	Description	Defined by
TRANSLITERATE_STRICT	'Any-Latin; NFKD'	Shortcut for Any-Latin; NFKD transliteration rule. Available since 2.0.7.	BaseInflector
TRANSLITERATE_MEDIUM	'Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII'	Shortcut for Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII transliteration rule. Available since 2.0.7.	BaseInflector
TRANSLITERATE_LOOSE	'Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII; [\u0080-\uffff] remove'	Shortcut for Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII; [\u0080-\uffff] remove transliteration rule. Available since 2.0.7.	BaseInflector

Property details

$plurals

public static array $plurals = ['/([nrlm]ese|deer|fish|sheep|measles|ois|pox|media)$/i' => '\1', '/^(sea[-]bass)$/i' => '\1', '/(m)ove$/i' => '\1oves', '/(f)oot$/i' => '\1eet', '/(h)uman$/i' => '\1umans', '/(s)tatus$/i' => '\1tatuses', '/(s)taff$/i' => '\1taff', '/(t)ooth$/i' => '\1eeth', '/(quiz)$/i' => '\1zes', '/^(ox)$/i' => '\1\2en', '/([m|l])ouse$/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)$/i' => '\1\2ves', '/sis$/i' => 'ses', '/([ti])um$/i' => '\1a', '/(p)erson$/i' => '\1eople', '/(m)an$/i' => '\1en', '/(c)hild$/i' => '\1hildren', '/(buffal|tomat|potat|ech|her|vet)o$/i' => '\1oes', '/(alumn|bacill|cact|foc|fung|nucle|radi|stimul|syllab|termin|vir)us$/i' => '\1i', '/us$/i' => 'uses', '/(alias)$/i' => '\1es', '/(ax|cris|test)is$/i' => '\1es', '/(currenc)y$/' => '\1ies', '/s$/' => 's', '/^$/' => '', '/$/' => 's']

The rules for converting a word into its plural form.

The keys are the regular expressions and the values are the corresponding replacements.

$singulars

public static array $singulars = ['/([nrlm]ese|deer|fish|sheep|measles|ois|pox|media|ss)$/i' => '\1', '/^(sea[-]bass)$/i' => '\1', '/(s)tatuses$/i' => '\1tatus', '/(f)eet$/i' => '\1oot', '/(t)eeth$/i' => '\1ooth', '/^(.*)(menu)s$/i' => '\1\2', '/(quiz)zes$/i' => '\1', '/(matr)ices$/i' => '\1ix', '/(vert|ind)ices$/i' => '\1ex', '/^(ox)en/i' => '\1', '/(alias)(es)*$/i' => '\1', '/(alumn|bacill|cact|foc|fung|nucle|radi|stimul|syllab|termin|viri?)i$/i' => '\1us', '/([ftw]ax)es/i' => '\1', '/(cris|ax|test)es$/i' => '\1is', '/(shoe|slave)s$/i' => '\1', '/(o)es$/i' => '\1', '/ouses$/' => 'ouse', '/([^a])uses$/' => '\1us', '/([m|l])ice$/i' => '\1ouse', '/(x|ch|ss|sh)es$/i' => '\1', '/(m)ovies$/i' => '\1\2ovie', '/(s)eries$/i' => '\1\2eries', '/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/i' => '\1y', '/([lr])ves$/i' => '\1f', '/(tive)s$/i' => '\1', '/(hive)s$/i' => '\1', '/(drive)s$/i' => '\1', '/([^fo])ves$/i' => '\1fe', '/(^analy)ses$/i' => '\1sis', '/(analy|diagno|^ba|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$/i' => '\1\2sis', '/([ti])a$/i' => '\1um', '/(p)eople$/i' => '\1\2erson', '/(m)en$/i' => '\1an', '/(c)hildren$/i' => '\1\2hild', '/(n)ews$/i' => '\1\2ews', '/(n)etherlands$/i' => '\1\2etherlands', '/eaus$/' => 'eau', '/(currenc)ies$/' => '\1y', '/^(.*us)$/' => '\1', '/s$/i' => '']

The rules for converting a word into its singular form.

The keys are the regular expressions and the values are the corresponding replacements.

$specials

public static array $specials = ['atlas' => 'atlases', 'beef' => 'beefs', 'brother' => 'brothers', 'cafe' => 'cafes', 'child' => 'children', 'cookie' => 'cookies', 'corpus' => 'corpuses', 'cow' => 'cows', 'curve' => 'curves', 'foe' => 'foes', 'ganglion' => 'ganglions', 'genie' => 'genies', 'genus' => 'genera', 'graffito' => 'graffiti', 'hoof' => 'hoofs', 'loaf' => 'loaves', 'man' => 'men', 'money' => 'monies', 'mongoose' => 'mongooses', 'move' => 'moves', 'mythos' => 'mythoi', 'niche' => 'niches', 'numen' => 'numina', 'occiput' => 'occiputs', 'octopus' => 'octopuses', 'opus' => 'opuses', 'ox' => 'oxen', 'pasta' => 'pasta', 'penis' => 'penises', 'sex' => 'sexes', 'soliloquy' => 'soliloquies', 'testis' => 'testes', 'trilby' => 'trilbys', 'turf' => 'turfs', 'wave' => 'waves', 'Amoyese' => 'Amoyese', 'bison' => 'bison', 'Borghese' => 'Borghese', 'bream' => 'bream', 'breeches' => 'breeches', 'britches' => 'britches', 'buffalo' => 'buffalo', 'cantus' => 'cantus', 'carp' => 'carp', 'chassis' => 'chassis', 'clippers' => 'clippers', 'cod' => 'cod', 'coitus' => 'coitus', 'Congoese' => 'Congoese', 'contretemps' => 'contretemps', 'corps' => 'corps', 'debris' => 'debris', 'diabetes' => 'diabetes', 'djinn' => 'djinn', 'eland' => 'eland', 'elk' => 'elk', 'equipment' => 'equipment', 'Faroese' => 'Faroese', 'flounder' => 'flounder', 'Foochowese' => 'Foochowese', 'gallows' => 'gallows', 'Genevese' => 'Genevese', 'Genoese' => 'Genoese', 'Gilbertese' => 'Gilbertese', 'graffiti' => 'graffiti', 'headquarters' => 'headquarters', 'herpes' => 'herpes', 'hijinks' => 'hijinks', 'Hottentotese' => 'Hottentotese', 'information' => 'information', 'innings' => 'innings', 'jackanapes' => 'jackanapes', 'Kiplingese' => 'Kiplingese', 'Kongoese' => 'Kongoese', 'Lucchese' => 'Lucchese', 'mackerel' => 'mackerel', 'Maltese' => 'Maltese', 'mews' => 'mews', 'moose' => 'moose', 'mumps' => 'mumps', 'Nankingese' => 'Nankingese', 'news' => 'news', 'nexus' => 'nexus', 'Niasese' => 'Niasese', 'Pekingese' => 'Pekingese', 'Piedmontese' => 'Piedmontese', 'pincers' => 'pincers', 'Pistoiese' => 'Pistoiese', 'pliers' => 'pliers', 'Portuguese' => 'Portuguese', 'proceedings' => 'proceedings', 'rabies' => 'rabies', 'rice' => 'rice', 'rhinoceros' => 'rhinoceros', 'salmon' => 'salmon', 'Sarawakese' => 'Sarawakese', 'scissors' => 'scissors', 'series' => 'series', 'Shavese' => 'Shavese', 'shears' => 'shears', 'siemens' => 'siemens', 'species' => 'species', 'swine' => 'swine', 'testes' => 'testes', 'trousers' => 'trousers', 'trout' => 'trout', 'tuna' => 'tuna', 'Vermontese' => 'Vermontese', 'Wenchowese' => 'Wenchowese', 'whiting' => 'whiting', 'wildebeest' => 'wildebeest', 'Yengeese' => 'Yengeese', 'software' => 'software', 'hardware' => 'hardware']

The special rules for converting a word between its plural form and singular form.

The keys are the special words in singular form, and the values are the corresponding plural form.

$transliterator

public static mixed $transliterator = self::TRANSLITERATE_LOOSE

Either a Transliterator, or a string from which a Transliterator can be built for transliteration.

Used by transliterate() when intl is available. Defaults to TRANSLITERATE_LOOSE

Method details

camel2id()

public static function camel2id(string $name, string $separator = '-', bool|string $strict = false): string

Converts a CamelCase name into an ID in lowercase.

Words in the ID may be concatenated using the specified character (defaults to ’-’). For example, ‘PostTag’ will be converted to ‘post-tag’.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$name	string	The string to be converted
$separator	string	The character used to concatenate the words in the ID
$strict	bool|string	Whether to insert a separator between two consecutive uppercase chars, defaults to false

Returns

string: The resulting ID

camel2words()

public static function camel2words(string $name, bool $ucwords = true): string

Converts a CamelCase name into space-separated words.

For example, ‘PostTag’ will be converted to ‘Post Tag’.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$name	string	The string to be converted
$ucwords	bool	Whether to capitalize the first letter in each word

Returns

string: The resulting words

camelize()

public static function camelize(string $word): string

Returns given word as CamelCased.

Converts a word like “send_email” to “SendEmail”. It will remove non alphanumeric character from the word, so “who’s online” will be converted to “WhoSOnline”.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$word	string	The word to CamelCase

Returns

string

See also

• variablize()

classify()

public static function classify(string $tableName): string

Converts a table name to its class name.

For example, converts “people” to “Person”.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$tableName	string

Returns

string

humanize()

public static function humanize(string $word, bool $ucAll = false): string

Returns a human-readable string from $word.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$word	string	The string to humanize
$ucAll	bool	Whether to set all words to uppercase or not

Returns

string

id2camel()

public static function id2camel(string $id, string $separator = '-'): string

Converts an ID into a CamelCase name.

Words in the ID separated by $separator (defaults to ’-’) will be concatenated into a CamelCase name. For example, ‘post-tag’ is converted to ‘PostTag’.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$id	string	The ID to be converted
$separator	string	The character used to separate the words in the ID

Returns

string: The resulting CamelCase name

ordinalize()

public static function ordinalize(int $number): string

Converts number to its ordinal English form. For example, converts 13 to 13th, 2 to 2nd .

..

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$number	int	The number to get its ordinal value

Returns

string

pluralize()

public static function pluralize(string $word): string

Converts a word to its plural form.

Note that this is for English only! For example, ‘apple’ will become ‘apples’, and ‘child’ will become ‘children’.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$word	string	The word to be pluralized

Returns

string: The pluralized word

sentence()

public static function sentence(array $words, string|null $twoWordsConnector = null, string|null $lastWordConnector = null, string $connector = ', '): string

Converts a list of words into a sentence.

Special treatment is done for the last few words. For example,

$words = ['Spain', 'France'];
echo Inflector::sentence($words);
// output: Spain and France

$words = ['Spain', 'France', 'Italy'];
echo Inflector::sentence($words);
// output: Spain, France and Italy

$words = ['Spain', 'France', 'Italy'];
echo Inflector::sentence($words, ' & ');
// output: Spain, France & Italy

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$words	array	The words to be converted into an string
$twoWordsConnector	string|null	The string connecting words when there are only two
$lastWordConnector	string|null	The string connecting the last two words. If this is null, it will take the value of $twoWordsConnector.
$connector	string	The string connecting words other than those connected by $lastWordConnector and $twoWordsConnector

Returns

string: The generated sentence

Since

2.0.1

singularize()

public static function singularize(string $word): string

Returns the singular of the $word.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$word	string	The english word to singularize

Returns

string: Singular noun.

slug()

public static function slug(string $string, string $replacement = '-', bool $lowercase = true): string

Returns a string with all spaces converted to given replacement, non word characters removed and the rest of characters transliterated.

If intl extension isn’t available uses fallback that converts latin characters only and removes the rest. You may customize characters map via $transliteration property of the helper.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$string	string	An arbitrary string to convert
$replacement	string	The replacement to use for spaces
$lowercase	bool	Whether to return the string in lowercase or not. Defaults to true.

Returns

string: The converted string.

tableize()

public static function tableize(string $className): string

Converts a class name to its table name (pluralized) naming conventions.

For example, converts “Person” to “people”.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$className	string	The class name for getting related table_name

Returns

string

titleize()

public static function titleize(string $words, bool $ucAll = false): string

Converts an underscored or CamelCase word into a English sentence.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$words	string
$ucAll	bool	Whether to set all words to uppercase

Returns

string

transliterate()

public static function transliterate(string $string, string|Transliterator|null $transliterator = null): string

Returns transliterated version of a string.

If intl extension isn’t available uses fallback that converts latin characters only and removes the rest. You may customize characters map via $transliteration property of the helper.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$string	string	Input string
$transliterator	string|Transliterator|null	Either a Transliterator or a string from which a Transliterator can be built.

Returns

string

underscore()

public static function underscore(string $words): string

Converts any “CamelCased” into an “underscored_word”.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$words	string	The word(s) to underscore

Returns

string

variablize()

public static function variablize(string $word): string

Same as camelize but first char is in lowercase.

Converts a word like “send_email” to “sendEmail”. It will remove non alphanumeric character from the word, so “who’s online” will be converted to “whoSOnline”.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$word	string	To lowerCamelCase

Returns

string

hasIntl()

protected static function hasIntl(): bool

Returns

bool: If intl extension is loaded