I would like to find a way to be able to split a word into syllables with PHP. For example, the word “nevermore” ran through detect_syllables(), would return “nev-er-more.” Are there any good APIs or something out there?
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I would like to find a way to be able to split a word into syllables with PHP. For example, the word “nevermore” ran through detect_syllables(), would return “nev-er-more.” Are there any good APIs or something out there?
There’s a useful PHd thesis paper by Frank Liang that describes an exceptionally accurate algorithm for this: written over 25 years ago, it’s still valid. But I’m not aware of any implementation in PHP
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A quick google has identified this link to a Text Statistics library in PHP, which includes algorithms for syllable counting within words (among other readability measuring algorithms). You should be able to find the code for syllable splitting here.