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imliam/php-indefinite-article
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Determine the indefinite article of an English term

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PHP Indefinite Articles
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Determine the indefinite article of an English term.

An indefinite article is the word that comes before nouns or noun equivalents in English, such as "*a*" or "*an*". If the word starts with a consonant sound, the article used should be "*a*" — for example "banana" becomes "*a* banana". If the word starts with a vowel sound, the article used should be "*an*" — for example "apple" becomes "*an* apple".

This is not as simple as checking whether the first character of the word is a vowel or consonant as that does not determine the sound pronounced when speaking the word.

This is a port of [Eamon Nerbonne's original solution](https://github.com/EamonNerbonne/a-vs-an) for the problem.

- [PHP Indefinite Articles](#php-indefinite-articles)
    - [💾 Installation](#%F0%9F%92%BE-installation)
    - [📝 Usage](#%F0%9F%93%9D-usage)
    - [✅ Testing](#%E2%9C%85-testing)
    - [🔖 Changelog](#%F0%9F%94%96-changelog)
    - [⬆️ Upgrading](#%E2%AC%86%EF%B8%8F-upgrading)
    - [🎉 Contributing](#%F0%9F%8E%89-contributing)
        - [🔒 Security](#%F0%9F%94%92-security)
    - [👷 Credits](#%F0%9F%91%B7-credits)
    - [♻️ License](#%E2%99%BB%EF%B8%8F-license)

💾 Installation
--------------

[](#-installation)

You can install the package with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) using the following command:

```
composer require imliam/php-indefinite-article:^1.0.0
```

📝 Usage
-------

[](#-usage)

```
$word = new ImLiam\IndefiniteArticle\IndefiniteArticle('apple');

echo $word->parse();
// "an apple"

echo $word->article();
// "an"
```

✅ Testing
---------

[](#-testing)

```
composer test
```

🔖 Changelog
-----------

[](#-changelog)

Please see [the changelog file](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

⬆️ Upgrading
------------

[](#️-upgrading)

Please see the [upgrading file](UPGRADING.md) for details on upgrading from previous versions.

🎉 Contributing
--------------

[](#-contributing)

Please see the [contributing file](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details on contributing to the project.

### 🔒 Security

[](#-security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

👷 Credits
---------

[](#-credits)

- [Liam Hammett](https://github.com/imliam)
- [Eamon Nerbonne](https://github.com/EamonNerbonne/a-vs-an) for the original solution
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

♻️ License
----------

[](#️-license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see the [license file](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

37

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LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance34

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2652d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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