public function PARSECREATORS::grabFirstnameInitials in Bibliography Module 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 5 bibtexParse/PARSECREATORS.php \PARSECREATORS::grabFirstnameInitials()
2. 6.2 modules/bibtexParse/PARSECREATORS.php \PARSECREATORS::grabFirstnameInitials()
3. 6 bibtexParse/PARSECREATORS.php \PARSECREATORS::grabFirstnameInitials()
4. 7.3 plugins/biblio_style/bibtex/PARSECREATORS.php \PARSECREATORS::grabFirstnameInitials()
5. 7.2 modules/bibtexParse/PARSECREATORS.php \PARSECREATORS::grabFirstnameInitials()

Grab firstname and initials which may be of form "A.B.C." or "A. B. C. " or " A B C " etc.

1 call to PARSECREATORS::grabFirstnameInitials()

PARSECREATORS::parseAuthor in modules/bibtexParse/PARSECREATORS.php

Create writer arrays from bibtex input.

File

modules/bibtexParse/PARSECREATORS.php, line 288

Classes Creators and PARSECREATORS.

Class

PARSECREATORS

Released through http://bibliophile.sourceforge.net under the GPL licence. Do whatever you like with this -- some credit to the author(s) would be appreciated.

Code

public function grabFirstnameInitials($remainder) {
  $firstname = $initials = '';
  $array = preg_split(" ", $remainder);
  foreach ($array as $value) {
    $firstChar = substr($value, 0, 1);
    if (ord($firstChar) >= 97 && ord($firstChar) <= 122) {
      $this->prefix[] = $value;
    }
    elseif (preg_match("/[a-zA-Z]{2,}/", trim($value))) {
      $firstnameArray[] = trim($value);
    }
    else {
      $initialsArray[] = str_replace(".", " ", trim($value));
    }
  }
  if (isset($initialsArray)) {
    foreach ($initialsArray as $initial) {
      $initials .= ' ' . trim($initial);
    }
  }
  if (isset($firstnameArray)) {
    $firstname = join(" ", $firstnameArray);
  }
  return array(
    $firstname,
    $initials,
  );
}