Laravel 5 String Helpers: Getting the Singular Form of a String Value

The singular helper method is the logical opposite to the plural method: it will attempt to take a given $value and return the singular form of that word. The internal mechanisms are similar to the plural method.

#Signature

The signature of the singular method is:

1public static function singular(
2        $value
3    );

#Example Use

 1use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 2 
 3// cow
 4echo Str::singular('cows');
 5 
 6// person
 7echo Str::singular('people');
 8 
 9// curve
10echo Str::singular('curves');
11 
12// message
13echo Str::singular('messages');

#singular Special Cases

Any words, or word endings, in the following table will not be affected by the singular method. This is either because the resulting word is already singular, or because there is no inflection available. Word endings are denoted by the prefix *:

The following table lists the words that are not inflected by the singular method. This is either because the resulting word is already singular, or because there are no clear inflection rules available, or they handled separately (see the singular Special cases table).

In addition to the general words that are not inflected by the singular method, the following tables list the word patterns or values that will also not be inflected by this method:

In addition to words that are not inflected, the method also handles some special cases. These are generally words that do not have a clear pragmatic method of handling the inflection of converting the word to its singular equivalent:

#Global str_singular Helper Function

The str_singular function is a shortcut to calling Str::singular. This function is declared in the global namespace.

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