Class flTextStemmer

flTextStemmer Class

Base class for all language specific stemmers.

Methods summary

`public static flTextStemmer`	# `load( string $lang )` Load the stemmer based on the language code. Load the stemmer based on the language code. If no stemmer is available then an instance of flSearchStemmer is returned. Parameters `$lang` The language to load the stemmer for, e.g. en, see ISO 639 for the list of 2 letter codes. Returns `flTextStemmer` The instance of the appropriate stemmer.
`public string`	# `stem( string $word )` Calculate and return the stemmed version of a word. Calculate and return the stemmed version of a word. Note: The default implementation returns the original word unchanged. Parameters `$word` The lowercase word to stem. Returns string The stemmed word.
`public array`	# `stemWords( array $words )` For each word in an array calculate it's stemmed equivalent. For each word in an array calculate it's stemmed equivalent. Duplicates are not removed from the array, there is exactly the same number of words in the results as the source. Parameters `$words` Array of words to stem Returns array Array holding the stemmed words