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pspell_new

PSPELL_NEW(3)								 1							     PSPELL_NEW(3)

pspell_new - Load a new dictionary

SYNOPSIS

       int pspell_new (string  $language, [string  $spelling], [string	$jargon], [string  $encoding], [int  $mode])

DESCRIPTION

       pspell_new(3) opens up a new dictionary and returns the dictionary link identifier for use in other pspell functions.

	For more information and examples, check out inline manual pspell website:http://aspell.net/.

PARAMETERS

	      o $language
		-  The	language  parameter is the language code which consists of the two letter ISO 639 language code and an optional two letter
		ISO 3166 country code after a dash or underscore.

	      o $spelling
		- The spelling parameter is the requested spelling for languages with more than one spelling such as  English.	Known  values  are
		'american', 'british', and 'canadian'.

	      o $jargon
		-  The jargon parameter contains extra information to distinguish two different words lists that have the same language and spell-
		ing parameters.

	      o $encoding
		- The encoding parameter is the encoding that words are expected to be	in.  Valid  values  are  'utf-8',  'iso8859-*',  'koi8-r',
		'viscii', 'cp1252', 'machine unsigned 16', 'machine unsigned 32'. This parameter is largely untested, so be careful when using.

	      o $mode
		- The mode parameter is the mode in which spellchecker will work. There are several modes available:

		     o PSPELL_FAST - Fast mode (least number of suggestions)

		     o PSPELL_NORMAL - Normal mode (more suggestions)

		     o PSPELL_BAD_SPELLERS - Slow mode (a lot of suggestions)

		     o PSPELL_RUN_TOGETHER  - Consider run-together words as legal compounds. That is, "thecat" will be a legal compound, although
		       there should be a space between the two words. Changing this setting only affects the results returned by  pspell_check(3);
		       pspell_suggest(3) will still return suggestions.

	       Mode  is  a  bitmask constructed from different constants listed above. However, PSPELL_FAST, PSPELL_NORMAL and PSPELL_BAD_SPELLERS
	      are mutually exclusive, so you should select only one of them.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the dictionary link identifier on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      pspell_new(3)

	      <?php
	      $pspell_link = pspell_new("en", "", "", "",
					 (PSPELL_FAST|PSPELL_RUN_TOGETHER));
	      ?>

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