foxcity911

hi
is it possible to create in php a script that can translate, say, english into pig latin?

also would it be an easy task to make the words have different 'extensions' depending on their first letters?

for eg. butterfly could be translated into utterflybelly and dragonfly could be translated to ragonflydobbly

another, is it possible to make the script ignore certain words such as 'if' 'and' 'an' and replace them with 'uf' 'und' 'un' respectively?

thanks alot.

Berto

yup just use the string class i am sure there is a string replace in the php list somewhere :/.

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Broax

what's pig latin?

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PORTUGALPORTUGA
PORTUGALPORTUGA
PORTUGALPORTUGA
PORTUGALPORTUGA
PORTUGALPORTUGA

DaWei

Your mileage may vary, but typically it goes like this: if a word begins with a consonant, you move the consonant to the end and add "ay". Pig ==> igpay. If it begins with a vowel, you mostly just add "ay." Multisyllabic words are often modified by syllables: umbrella ==> umbray ella-ay.

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foxcity911

could you show me a piece of code that replaces a user inputted word into its piglatin counterpart? i understand the basic "replace" rule but i dont want it to simply replace but "rearrange." Otherwise i'd have to make it practically a translator and have to type in every word ever created, which i would think take a fairly long time.

thanks alot