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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. andela/dictionary ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) andela/dictionary ================= An Urban Dictionary Agnostic PHP Package 110PHP Since Sep 17Pushed 10y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/andela-cijeomah/dictionary)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/andela/dictionary)[ RSS](/packages/andela-dictionary/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (2)Used By (0) \#Urban Dictionary The Dictionary is a PHP agnostic package that returns meaning of slangs and sample usage of the slang. \#Design Classes - Data: The Data Class that houses the dictionary array - Dictionary: This is the Class that houses the five core methods of the application which are as follows -addWord($word); -updateWord($word); -findWord($word); -removeWord($word); -rankWords($sentence) \#Testing The framework for testing this application is phpunit and the TDD principle was used to make sure that the code was well tested. ``` php vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit ``` \#Install - To install this package from packagelist, PHP 5.0+ and Composer are required ``` composer require andela/dictionary ``` \#Install The sample codes below shows how to use this package - To instantiate the Dictionary Class ``` $dictionary = new \Andela\Dictionary\Dictionary(); ``` - To add the slang "park", it's meaning "Tell someone to relax", and sample usage "Guy park well o" ``` $dictionary->addWord('park', 'Tell someone to relax', 'Guy park well o') ``` - To update the slang "park" ``` $dictionary->updateWord('park', 'A car park', 'An updated Test'); ``` - To find the slang "park" ``` $dictionary->findWord('park'); ``` - To remove the slang "park" ``` $dictionary->removeWord('park'); ``` - To test for word ranking ``` $word = new \Andela\Dictionary\Dictionary(); $word->rankWords("Hello it is nice to tell if it is cool to say rubbish"); ``` Change log ---------- [](#change-log) Please refer to [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.mds) file for information on what has changed recently. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please check out [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) file for detailed contribution guidelines. Credits ------- [](#credits) Andela urban Dictionary is maintained by [Chidozie Ijeomah](https://github.com/andela-cijeomah). License ------- [](#license) Andela urban Dictionary is released under the MIT Licence. See the bundled [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) file for details. ### Health Score 23 — LowBetter than 27% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity7 Limited adoption so far Community21 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity43 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor4 4 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. 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