bp_get_article_prefix( string $string )

Return string with the article prefix “a/an”.

Description

Parameters

$string: (Required) Text string for adding the article prefix.

Return

(string)

Source

function bp_get_article_prefix( $string ) {
    if ( empty( $string ) ) {
        return $string;
    }
 
    $supported_languages = array(
        'en_US',
        'en_NZ',
        'en_ZA',
        'en_AU',
        'en_GB',
        'en_CA',
    );
 
    if ( ! in_array( get_locale(), $supported_languages ) ) {
        return apply_filters( 'bp_get_article_prefix', __( 'a', 'buddyboss' ) . ' ' . $string, $string );
    }
 
    $vowel_array = array( 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' );  // array of vowel
    $prefix      = in_array( strtolower( substr( $string, 0, 1 ) ), $vowel_array ) ? __( 'an', 'buddyboss' ) : __( 'a', 'buddyboss' );
 
    return apply_filters( 'bp_get_article_prefix', $prefix . ' ' . $string, $string );
 
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
BuddyBoss 1.2.8	Introduced.

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