Pseudolocale

The library is used to generate readable strings for ASCII latin to test Unicode support and/or detect missing translation strings. The result is a mix of extended latin, cyrillic, greek, armenian, georgian, japanese scripts with some math symbols.

Installation

Install by composer

composer require arokettu/pseudolocale

Examples

<?php

use Arokettu\Pseudolocale\Pseudolocale;

$text = 'The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog';

// Lowercase letters:
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize(strtolower($text));
// [-- τႬє զūıçк Ьгøψπ ⨍øχ ʝūოρš øνєг τႬє ∤åẑγ ðøց --]

// Uppercase letters:
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize(strtoupper($text));
// [-- ȾҢЁ ႭՄエζҚ ßЯØЩÑ ҒØΧ ꞲՄṀРႽ ØѴЁЯ ȾҢЁ ŁÅẐჄ ÐØႺ --]

// Replace only lowercase letters:
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize($text, Pseudolocale::REPLACE_LOWERCASE);
// [-- TႬє Qūıçк Bгøψπ Føχ Jūოρš Oνєг TႬє Låẑγ Døց --]

// Replace only uppercase letters:
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize($text, Pseudolocale::REPLACE_UPPERCASE);
// [-- Ⱦhe Ⴍuick ßrown Ғox Ʝumps Øver Ⱦhe Łazy Ðog --]

// Redefine prefix and postfix:
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize($text, Pseudolocale::REPLACE_ALL, '<', '>');
// or better, use new PHP 8 syntax:
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize($text, prefix: '<', postfix: '>');
// <ȾႬє Ⴍūıçк ßгøψπ Ғøχ Ʝūოρš Øνєг ȾႬє Łåẑγ Ðøց>

// Since 1.1 the library does not replace sprintf replacement patterns by default:
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize("It's %d to go alone. Take %s with you");
// [-- エτ'š %d τø ցø å∤øπє. Ⱦåкє %s ψıτႬ γøū --]
// You can use your own patterns
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize(
    'No, %username%! I am your %relative%!',
    Pseudolocale::REPLACE_ALL,
    '[-- ', ' --]',
    '/%\w+%/'
);
// PHP 8 is preferred:
echo Pseudolocale::pseudolocalize('No, %username%! I am your %relative%!', regexPreserve: '/%\w+%/');
// [-- Ñø, %username%! エ åო γøūг %relative%! --]

License

The library is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License. See LICENSE.md