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noodlesnz/double-metaphone
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This class implements a "sounds like" algorithm developed by Lawrence Philips which he published in the June, 2000 issue of C/C++ Users Journal. Double Metaphone is an improved version of Philips' original Metaphone algorithm.

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double-metaphone
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[](#double-metaphone)

This class implements a "sounds like" algorithm developed by Lawrence Philips which he published in the June, 2000 issue of C/C++ Users Journal. Double Metaphone is an improved version of Philips' original Metaphone algorithm.

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

[](#installation)

To add this package as a local, per-project dependency to your project, simply add a dependency on `NoodlesNZ/double-metaphone` to your project's `composer.json` file. Here is a minimal example of a `composer.json` file that just defines a dependency on double-metaphone:

```
{
    "require": {
        "NoodlesNZ/double-metaphone": "~1.0"
    }
}

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$d = new DoubleMetaphone('richard');

echo $d->primary . "\n";
echo $d->secondary . "\n";
```

The code above yields the output below:

```
RXRT
RKRT

```

###  Health Score

37

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LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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Last Release

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