Determine gender of firstnames

Table of Contents

Introduction
Installing/Configuring
- Installation
Examples
- Usage example.
Gender\Gender — The Gender\Gender class
- Gender\Gender::connect — Connect to an external name dictionary.
- Gender\Gender::__construct — Construct the Gender object.
- Gender\Gender::country — Get textual country representation
- Gender\Gender::get — Get gender of a name.
- Gender\Gender::isNick — Check if the name0 is an alias of the name1.
- Gender\Gender::similarNames — Get similar names.

The Gender\Gender class

Introduction

Class synopsis

Gender\Gender

class Gender\Gender {

/* Constants */

const integer Gender\Gender::IS_FEMALE = 70 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::IS_MOSTLY_FEMALE = 102 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::IS_MALE = 77 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::IS_MOSTLY_MALE = 109 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::IS_UNISEX_NAME = 63 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::IS_A_COUPLE = 67 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::NAME_NOT_FOUND = 32 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ERROR_IN_NAME = 69 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ANY_COUNTRY = 0 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::BRITAIN = 1 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::IRELAND = 2 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::USA = 3 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::SPAIN = 4 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::PORTUGAL = 5 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ITALY = 6 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::MALTA = 7 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::FRANCE = 8 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::BELGIUM = 9 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::LUXEMBOURG = 10 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::NETHERLANDS = 11 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::GERMANY = 12 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::EAST_FRISIA = 13 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::AUSTRIA = 14 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::SWISS = 15 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ICELAND = 16 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::DENMARK = 17 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::NORWAY = 18 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::SWEDEN = 19 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::FINLAND = 20 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ESTONIA = 21 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::LATVIA = 22 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::LITHUANIA = 23 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::POLAND = 24 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::CZECH_REP = 25 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::SLOVAKIA = 26 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::HUNGARY = 27 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ROMANIA = 28 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::BULGARIA = 29 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::BOSNIA = 30 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::CROATIA = 31 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::KOSOVO = 32 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::MACEDONIA = 33 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::MONTENEGRO = 34 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::SERBIA = 35 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::SLOVENIA = 36 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ALBANIA = 37 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::GREECE = 38 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::RUSSIA = 39 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::BELARUS = 40 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::MOLDOVA = 41 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::UKRAINE = 42 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ARMENIA = 43 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::AZERBAIJAN = 44 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::GEORGIA = 45 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::KAZAKH_UZBEK = 46 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::TURKEY = 47 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ARABIA = 48 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::ISRAEL = 49 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::CHINA = 50 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::INDIA = 51 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::JAPAN = 52 ;

const integer Gender\Gender::KOREA = 53 ;

/* Methods */

public boolean connect ( string $dsn )

public __construct ([ string $dsn ] )

public array country ( integer $country )

public integer get ( string $name [, integer $country ] )

public array isNick ( string $name0 , string $name1 [, integer $country ] )

public array similarNames ( string $name [, integer $country ] )

}

Predefined Constants

Gender\Gender::IS_FEMALE
Gender\Gender::IS_MOSTLY_FEMALE
Gender\Gender::IS_MALE
Gender\Gender::IS_MOSTLY_MALE
Gender\Gender::IS_UNISEX_NAME
Gender\Gender::IS_A_COUPLE
Gender\Gender::NAME_NOT_FOUND
Gender\Gender::ERROR_IN_NAME
Gender\Gender::ANY_COUNTRY
Gender\Gender::BRITAIN
Gender\Gender::IRELAND
Gender\Gender::USA
Gender\Gender::SPAIN
Gender\Gender::PORTUGAL
Gender\Gender::ITALY
Gender\Gender::MALTA
Gender\Gender::FRANCE
Gender\Gender::BELGIUM
Gender\Gender::LUXEMBOURG
Gender\Gender::NETHERLANDS
Gender\Gender::GERMANY
Gender\Gender::EAST_FRISIA
Gender\Gender::AUSTRIA
Gender\Gender::SWISS
Gender\Gender::ICELAND
Gender\Gender::DENMARK
Gender\Gender::NORWAY
Gender\Gender::SWEDEN
Gender\Gender::FINLAND
Gender\Gender::ESTONIA
Gender\Gender::LATVIA
Gender\Gender::LITHUANIA
Gender\Gender::POLAND
Gender\Gender::CZECH_REP
Gender\Gender::SLOVAKIA
Gender\Gender::HUNGARY
Gender\Gender::ROMANIA
Gender\Gender::BULGARIA
Gender\Gender::BOSNIA
Gender\Gender::CROATIA
Gender\Gender::KOSOVO
Gender\Gender::MACEDONIA
Gender\Gender::MONTENEGRO
Gender\Gender::SERBIA
Gender\Gender::SLOVENIA
Gender\Gender::ALBANIA
Gender\Gender::GREECE
Gender\Gender::RUSSIA
Gender\Gender::BELARUS
Gender\Gender::MOLDOVA
Gender\Gender::UKRAINE
Gender\Gender::ARMENIA
Gender\Gender::AZERBAIJAN
Gender\Gender::GEORGIA
Gender\Gender::KAZAKH_UZBEK
Gender\Gender::TURKEY
Gender\Gender::ARABIA
Gender\Gender::ISRAEL
Gender\Gender::CHINA
Gender\Gender::INDIA
Gender\Gender::JAPAN
Gender\Gender::KOREA