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BMPM - Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching for PHP

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A modern PHP 8.4+ implementation of the Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching (BMPM) algorithm for multilingual name matching. This library enables phonetic comparison of names across 20+ languages, making it ideal for genealogical research, record linkage, and fuzzy name searching.

Features

Installation

Requirements

Quick Start

Configuration

Name Types

Type Description Languages
Generic General-purpose matching 20 languages
Ashkenazic Eastern European Jewish names 11 languages
Sephardic Mediterranean Jewish names 6 languages

Language Detection

The library automatically detects the likely language(s) of a name:

Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex

For Slavic and Yiddish surname matching:

Advanced Usage

Restrict to Specific Languages

Custom Data Path

Direct Engine Access

For advanced use cases, access the engine directly:

API Reference

BeiderMorse (Main Facade)

Method Description
encode(string $name): string Encode name to phonetic representation
encodeToArray(string $name): array Get all phonetic alternatives as array
encodeBatch(array $names): array Encode multiple names at once
matches(string $a, string $b): bool Check if two names match phonetically
similarity(string $a, string $b): float Get similarity score (0.0 - 1.0)
detectLanguages(string $name): array Detect possible languages
detectPrimaryLanguage(string $name): Language Get most likely language
soundex(string $name): string Get D-M Soundex encoding

Configuration Methods

Method Description
withNameType(NameType $type): self Set name type variant
withAccuracy(MatchAccuracy $accuracy): self Set matching accuracy
withLanguages(Language ...$langs): self Restrict to specific languages
withLanguageMask(int $mask): self Set language bitmask directly
withAutoLanguageDetection(): self Enable automatic detection
withDataPath(string $path): self Set custom rules path

Supported Languages

Generic Mode (20 languages)

Arabic, Cyrillic, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Greek (Latin), Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

Ashkenazic Mode (11 languages)

Cyrillic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish

Sephardic Mode (6 languages)

French, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

How It Works

The Beider-Morse algorithm:

  1. Language Detection: Analyzes spelling patterns to identify likely source language(s)
  2. Phonetic Rules: Applies language-specific transformation rules
  3. Approximation: Generates phonetic codes that capture pronunciation variants
  4. Multi-output: Produces multiple codes for ambiguous spellings

This enables matching names like:

Documentation

Testing & Quality

Credits

License

This library is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License, the same license as the original BMPM implementation.

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