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# PorterStemmer Class Reference

PHP5 Implementation of the Porter Stemmer algorithm. More...

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## Static Public Member Functions
static | Stem ($word, $cache=false)
| Stems a word.

## Detailed Description

PHP5 Implementation of the Porter Stemmer algorithm.

Certain elements were borrowed from the (broken) implementation by Jon Abernathy.

Usage:

$stem = PorterStemmer::Stem($word);

How easy is that?

Definition at line 25 of file PorterStemmer.php.

## Member Function Documentation

static PorterStemmer::Stem | ( | $ | word,
|  | $ | cache = `false` |
| ) |  |  | `[static]`

Stems a word.

Simple huh?

Parameters:

  | string | $word Word to stem
  | bool | $cache Whether to use caching

Returns:
  string Stemmed word

Remove: 've, n't, 'd

Definition at line 56 of file PorterStemmer.php.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- PorterStemmer.php