Free Spellchecking is Here

There has been a PERL script out for some time that allows you to make use of aspell libraries that you can have installed on your server with PHP.

I have also included a text file that has the javascript that you insert into your editpost, newthread and newreply templates to add spell checking to your forums. The edited text is then inserted into the original document when submitted.

You need to have a cgi-bin, or similar directory, set up on your server and the aspell or ispell libraries for PHP on your server. (Do a look up for aspell or ispell on google, etc. on these libraries if you don't know about them.)

If someone wants to look over the enclosed PERL script and write it in PHP that would be great and make it to were you didn't have to have PERL on your server.

Enjoy!

Parker

[Parker Clack]

hellsatan:

As far as I can tell it pretty acurate.

If you guys want to keep up with changes that the author of the script has done to the program then go to:

WBOSS. The javascript is included on the same page.

Parker

[Chris M]

Good Good...

If you say it is fairly accurate, it might be worth installing...

Satan

[chazman]

seems that everyone is having good luck. Can we get more information on getting the libraries installed on the server. I haven't done this yet. Is this something for the server administrator to do?

Chazman

[Darren Lewis]

Parker, this looks like a very good addition (I've seen and used it over at HTF). Congratulations on another excellent addition.

Chazman, I'm wondering about this too. I'm on a shared web hosting package. I've just been on the Live Chat of my web host's support team, and they don't seem to think that it's installed (not much chance of getting it installed either I don't think). The web link Parker listed above seems to suggest that ispell may be installed by default (??as part of PHP4 - not sure about this). My web host gave me the link to the output of their PHP options and it's not listed there. I've got PHP installed on my own home machine and I didn't install Ispell then.

To the people who have this script working, did you install Ispell or Aspell yourself as a user option, or did your webhost have to insall it in their PHP or Perl setup?

Thanks.

Darren.

[kushtiUK]

Excellent addition, thanks very much.

[Parker Clack]

My ISP installed the aspell libraries on my server with PHP. If you already have PHP on your server I don't see any reason why they wouldn't install the libraries for you too. They are freeware so it would just be a matter of getting them to do it.

We all need to thank the author of WBOSS. I have emailed him and asked him if he would be willing to write this in PHP too. One of the nice things about the newest version of the script is that you can add a custom dictionary server side so it won't try to correct things with apostrophies and words that you might see a lot of on your site.

Parker

[Hooper]

Originally posted by chazman
seems that everyone is having good luck. Can we get more information on getting the libraries installed on the server. I haven't done this yet. Is this something for the server administrator to do?

Chazman

If your on a dedicated, you can install the libraries yourself.
If your on a shared account, just ask your host to install the
libraries. They should be more than willing to help you in this
area.

[diettalk]

ispell, which is the other one spellchecker used.. may already be on the server (if it's red hat)..... Not sure about the other flavors of linux.

[chazman]

My Shared Hosting Administrator is looking into it he said. I looked at the installed PERL modules and didn't see ispell or aspell listed. So I guess I am now at the mercy of the ADMIN.

Chazman

[mvigod]

Parker - How can you add words like "don't" which seem to get flagged?