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aozen/language-detector
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This package provides a set of functions to detect and manipulate language-specific strings, including language detection, case conversion, and language-based filtering.

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Language Detector
=================

[](#language-detector)

Used to determine which language a given string belongs to.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer: `composer require aozen/language-detector`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The LanguageDetector class must be included by yourself.

```
    use \Aozen\LanguageDetector\LanguageDetector;
```

Example:

```
class YourClass {
    public function yourFunction() {
        $language_detector = new LanguageDetector();
        return $language_detector->detect("Güneş")->getLanguage(); // Result: "tr"
    }
}
```

Other Usage Examples
--------------------

[](#other-usage-examples)

1. By default, the code searches in all languages specified as `available` within the code.
2. The `getClosestLanguage` function works similarly to `getLanguage`, but it doesn't guarantee a 100% correct result. For instance, the example `Äpfel straße délicieux` would return `invalid_language` with `getLanguage`, while `getClosestLanguage` would return `de`, based on which language had the most character matches. For instance, the expression `délicieux délicieux Äpfel` would have also returned `fr`.
3. To search only in the desired languages, `checkList` is used.

```
    $language_detector->detect("Äpfel")->checkList("tr", "de", "it")->getLanguage(); // de
```

1. To prevent searching in unwanted languages, `blockList` is used.

```
    $language_detector->detect("Äpfel")->blockList("de")->getLanguage(); // invalid_language
```

1. To retrieve the `lowercase` version of the given string for each language, `getLowerCase` is used. Separate definitions for each language are required.

```
    $language_detector->detect("TÜRKÇE-BİR-YAZI")->getLowerCase(); // türkçe-bi̇r-yazı
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

`vendor/bin/phpunit tests/Test.php`

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

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Total

1

Last Release

1244d ago

### Community

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---

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