atomescrochus/laravel-string-similarities

Compare two string and get a similarity percentage

laravel-string-similarities

, _(*1)

Compare two string and get a similarity percentage. Note that I did not write the algorithms myself, see down this document for the full credits., _(*2)

Some methods are usable in production, some are not, see usage for informations. Pull requests are more than welcomed!, _(*3)

Install

You can install this package via composer:, _(*4)

``` bash $ composer require atomescrochus/laravel-string-similarities, <sub>(*5)</sub>

Then you have to install the package' service provider, _unless you are running Laravel >=5.5_ (it'll use package auto-discovery) :

```php
// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    ...
    Atomescrochus\StringSimilarities\StringSimilaritiesServiceProvider::class,
];

Usage

``` php $comparison = new \Atomescrochus\StringSimilarities\Compare();, <sub>(*6)</sub>

// the functions returns similarity percentage between strings $jaroWinkler = $comparison->jaroWinkler('first string', 'second string'); // JaroWinkler comparison $levenshtein = $comparison->levenshtein('first string', 'second string'); // Levenshtein comparison $smg = $comparison->smg('first string', 'second string'); // Smith Waterman Gotoh comparison $similar = $comparison->similarText('first string', 'second string'); // Using "similar_text()", <sub>(*7)</sub>

// This next one will return an array containing the results of all working comparison methods // plus an array of 'data' that includes the first and second string, and the time in second it took to run all // comparison. BE AWARE that comparing long string can results in really long compute time! $all = $comparison->all('first string', 'second string'); ```, <sub>(*8)</sub>

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently., <sub>(*9)</sub>

Testing

HELP NEEDED., <sub>(*10)</sub>

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING and CONDUCT for details., <sub>(*11)</sub>

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email jp@atomescroch.us instead of using the issue tracker., <sub>(*12)</sub>

Credits

• Jean-Philippe Murray
• joshweir over StackOverflow for pointing me to the solutions and algorithms for the Jaro Winkler and Smith Waterman Gotoh comparison
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information., <sub>(*13)</sub>