Added method Utils::add_irregular for managing irregular names

[bashaus]

This pull request adds a new method to the Utils class which allows for the dynamic addition of irregular nouns. This method is for those special cases.

Use case:
We have a table name called "Skus" which would be singularised to "Skus" because the ending of the word was "us". We added the "add_irregular" method to circumvent this issue.

[jpfuentes2]

Thanks a lot for the patch! Would you mind fixing your whitespace so that it follows our project's convention?

[al-the-x]

Thanks for the contribution, @bashaus.

IMO, automatic inflection of table names just adds a big hunk of complexity that isn't necessary. Is making a dev match the classname to the table name or provide the name of his table in each class definition that onerous? Not trying to start a flame war... So many other ORMs use this logic, maybe there's room for a separate library to perform this functionality at this point...?

[al-the-x]

Sorry, didn't mean to close this. O_O

[bashaus]

While I agree that it would be a great idea to have an external inflection library controlling names, I think this solution is a quick fix for those people who encountered the same problem that we did (described above).

[al-the-x]

@bashaus Absolutely agree. Don't mind my kvetching... ;)

[bluefuton]

I've encountered the same issue with the inflector and this is an effective workaround. It'd be great to see this pulled in.

[floodedcodeboy]

Agreed, this would be a great workaround. +1

[bashaus]

Hey @jpfuentes2 , this one has been floating around for a while. Can we get this merged for the next release?

[jpfuentes2]

Can you merge master into your branch? There's a single conflict:

diff --cc lib/Utils.php
index 3f18baa,bdb37e6..0000000
--- a/lib/Utils.php
+++ b/lib/Utils.php
@@@ -355,10 -362,4 +362,14 @@@ class Util
        {
                return preg_replace("/$char+/",$char,$string);
        }
 -}
++<<<<<<< HEAD
 +
 +      public static function add_irregular($singular, $plural)
 +      {
 +              self::$irregular[$singular] = $plural;
 +      }
 +};
 +?>
++=======
++}
++>>>>>>> master

[koenpunt]

I suggest rebasing.

But, I also vote for an external library for inflections, as a configurable option of course. For example my php-inflector which I have been using in production for years now, but is only available as package since today. (earlier version was is my php-rails endeavor)

[jpfuentes2]

Definitely rebase :)

[jpfuentes2]

@bashaus , if you can take care of that I will merge.

[bashaus]

@jpfuentes2 - ready when you are, thanks!