PHP implementation of the Lingua::EN::Inflect Perl module's A() and AN() subroutines, originally ported to PHP by Niko Salminen, and then by make into composer package by Zach Flower.

Require the library and update via Composer:

composer require spenserhale/indefinite-article
composer update

Download the latest release, extract into a directory called indefinite-article, and include the library at the beginning of your script:

include_once('./indefinite-articles/src/IndefiniteArticle.php');
use \IndefiniteArticle\IndefiniteArticle;

The PHP Indefinite Article Library is used to determine the proper indefinite article to use before a word ('a' or 'an'). To do so, simply call the A() method with your word or phrase:

IndefiniteArticle::A('elephant')

The method will return a string prefixed with the appropriate indefinite article:

an elephant

Original Perl module Copyright © 1997-2009 Damian Conway; Original PHP port Copyright © 2012 Niko Salminen; Original library copyright © 2016 Zachary Flower; Current library copyright © 2018 Spenser Hale; Code released under the BSD license.