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voku/phonetic-algorithms
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Phonetic-Algorithms for fuzzy searching | PHP

5.0.0(4y ago)1738.4k↓23.8%8[2 PRs](https://github.com/voku/phonetic-algorithms/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=7.0.0

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Phonetic-Algorithms
===================

[](#phonetic-algorithms)

Description
-----------

[](#description)

- "PhoneticGerman"-Class:

A phonetic algorithms for the german language via "Kölner Phonetik": [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne\_phonetics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_phonetics)

- "PhoneticEnglish"-Class:

A phonetic algorithms for the english language via "metaphone": [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphone)

- "PhoneticFrench"-Class:

A phonetic algorithms for the french language via "SOUNDEX FR": [www.roudoudou.com/phonetic.php](http://www.roudoudou.com/phonetic.php)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [History](#history)

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

[](#installation)

1. Install and use [composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md) in your project.
2. Require this package via composer:

```
composer require voku/phonetic-algorithms
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You the "phonetic\_word"-method if you need a fuzzy-search for single words e.g. last-names or product-names.

```
use voku\helper\Phonetic;

$words = array(
  'Moelleken',
  'Mölleken',
  'Möleken',
  'Moeleken',
  'Moellecken',
  'Möllecken',
  'Mölecken',
);
$phonetic = new Phonetic('de');
foreach ($words as $word) {
  $phonetic->phonetic_word($string); // '6546'
}
```

You can use the "phonetic\_sentence"-method to process sentences.

```
use voku\helper\Phonetic;

$string = 'Ein Satz mit vielen Wortern';
$phonetic = new Phonetic('de');
$phonetic->phonetic_sentence($string, (bool) false, (false|int) false);

// [
//   'Ein' => '06',
//   'Satz' => '8',
//   'mit' => '62',
//   'vielen' => '356',
//   'Wortern' => '37276'
// ]
```

You can use the "phonetic\_matches"-method to search for words in an array of words.

```
use voku\helper\Phonetic;

$phonetic = new Phonetic('de');

$tests = array(
    'Moelleken',  // '6546',
    'Mölleken',   // '6546',
    'Möleken',    // '6546',
    'Moeleken',   // '6546',
    'oder',       // '027',
    'was',        // '38',
    'Moellecken', // '6546',
    'Möllecken',  // '6546',
    'Mölecken',   // '6546',
);

$phonetic->phonetic_matches('Moelleken', $tests);

// [
//   'Moelleken'  => 'Moelleken',
//   'Mölleken'   => 'Moelleken',
//   'Möleken'    => 'Moelleken',
//   'Moeleken'   => 'Moelleken',
//   'Moellecken' => 'Moelleken',
//   'Möllecken'  => 'Moelleken',
//   'Mölecken'   => 'Moelleken',
// ]
```

History
-------

[](#history)

See [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for the full history of changes.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~250 days

Recently: every ~380 days

Total

8

Last Release

1589d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02017-04-05

2.1.0 → 3.0.02017-11-13

3.0.2 → 4.0.02017-12-23

4.0.0 → 5.0.02022-01-10

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

3.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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