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Detects the language from a given text string. v3.5.5(4y ago)049MITPHPPHP ^7 Since Dec 25Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/hamidgh83/language-detection)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hamidgh83/language-detection)[ Docs](https://github.com/hamidgh83/language-detection)[ RSS](/packages/hamidgh83-language-detection/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (20)Used By (0) ### The package [](#the-package) [![Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/39ede7b28acc2e7863d43453861d79dba84656d611bc5ea8deea9f049c25ec86/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f68616d6964676838332f6c616e67756167652d646574656374696f6e2f76657273696f6e)](//packagist.org/packages/hamidgh83/language-detection)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/782c11f6aaf1f867d8f94f8863a9979e7100a14347f7d9fa16cefc2baac47601/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f68616d6964676838332f6c616e67756167652d646574656374696f6e2f646f776e6c6f616473)](//packagist.org/packages/hamidgh83/language-detection)[![Dependents](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8328ea6d68ed78a1ba3425bc73323738818aab91f48e0a460df138bdfb4b8416/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f68616d6964676838332f6c616e67756167652d646574656374696f6e2f646570656e64656e7473)](//packagist.org/packages/hamidgh83/language-detection)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/92dac3abddee3a70156fd1762c476a1d094aa6f6817f8067d77ed0905785a414/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f68616d6964676838332f6c616e67756167652d646574656374696f6e2f6c6963656e7365)](//packagist.org/packages/hamidgh83/language-detection) language-detection ================== [](#language-detection) ُThis is an extension of [language-detection](https://github.com/patrickschur/language-detection) where you can find its documentation. This library can detect the language of a given text string. It can parse given training text in many different idioms into a sequence of [N-grams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-gram) and builds a database file in JSON format to be used in the detection phase. Then it can take a given text and detect its language using the database previously generated in the training phase. The library comes with text samples used for training and detecting text in 110 languages. Installation with Composer -------------------------- [](#installation-with-composer) > **Note:** This library requires the [Multibyte String](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/book.mbstring.php) extension in order to work. ``` $ composer require hamidgh83/language-detection ``` Basic Usage ----------- [](#basic-usage) Basic usage of this library is the same as original library but the following methods has beed added: --- #### `bestResult()` [](#bestresult) Returns the best result as a string. ``` $ld->detect('Mag het een onsje meer zijn?')->bestResult(); ``` Result: ``` string(2) "nl" ``` --- #### `getSupportLanguages()` [](#getsupportlanguages) This method returns a list if supportted languages as an array. ``` $ld->getSupportLanguages(); ``` Result: ``` Array ( 0 => ab 1 => af 2 => am 3 => ar 4 => ay 5 => az-Cyrl 6 => az-Latn 7 => be 8 => bg 9 => bi 10 => bn 11 => bo 12 => br [...] ) ``` --- #### getLanguageProps($lang) [](#getlanguagepropslang) Every language has their own properties and you can get the it as follow: ``` $lng = new Language(); $result = $lng->detect('This is an example text.'); $props = $lng->getLanguageProps($result->bestResult()); ``` Result: ``` Array ( 'props' => Array( 'language' => 'English', 'language' => Array ( 'United Kingdom', 'United States of America' ), 'direction' => 'ltr' ) ) ``` --- Supported languages ------------------- [](#supported-languages) The library currently supports 110 languages. To get an overview of all supported languages please have a look at [here](resources/README.md). ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 66% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community13 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity72 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 75.6% of commits — single point of failure 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. 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 Cadence Every ~114 days Recently: every ~325 days Total 18 Last Release 1523d ago Major Versions v1.2 → v2.02017-01-09 v2.1.1 → v3.02017-02-04 PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP ^7.0 || ^7.1 v3.0PHP ^7 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3264788?v=4)[Hamid](/maintainers/hamidgh83)[@hamidgh83](https://github.com/hamidgh83) --- Top Contributors [![patrickschur](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18181635?v=4)](https://github.com/patrickschur "patrickschur (68 commits)")[![hamidghorashi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/89512189?v=4)](https://github.com/hamidghorashi "hamidghorashi (13 commits)")[![arsonik](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1333734?v=4)](https://github.com/arsonik "arsonik (4 commits)")[![hamidgh83](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3264788?v=4)](https://github.com/hamidgh83 "hamidgh83 (2 commits)")[![gradzio](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32451455?v=4)](https://github.com/gradzio "gradzio (1 commits)")[![stof](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/439401?v=4)](https://github.com/stof "stof (1 commits)")[![tomasliubinas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1522729?v=4)](https://github.com/tomasliubinas "tomasliubinas (1 commits)") --- Tags languagedetectiondetect ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/hamidgh83-language-detection/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/hamidgh83-language-detection/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/hamidgh83-language-detection) ``` ### Alternatives [patrickschur/language-detection A language detection library for PHP. 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