12.7. Spell Checking

PHP offers spell checking through the Pspell library, which is a replacement for the older Aspell library.

integer pspell_add_to_personal(integer configuration, string word)

The pspell_add_to_personal function (Listing 12.73) adds a word to a personal dictionary. You must supply a configuration link as created by pspell_new_config.

Listing 12.73. pspell_add_to_personal
<?php
    //create a configuration link
    $config = pspell_config_create("en");

    //set path to personal words
    pspell_config_personal($config, "/tmp/custom.pws");

    //load dictionary
    $new_config = pspell_new_config($config);

    //add word to dictionary
    pspell_add_to_personal($new_config, "Leon");

    //save personal dictionary
    pspell_save_wordlist($new_config);
?>

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