> Rows: { id, label, status, detail }.
*/
public static function analyze( \WP_Post $post ) {
$has_excerpt = '' !== trim( (string) $post->post_excerpt );
$stats = self::stats( Content::markdown_source( $post ), $has_excerpt, self::home_host() );
// Recency is a post fact, not a content fact — fold it in after the pure parse.
$stats['age_days'] = self::age_days( $post );
$stats['evergreen'] = self::is_evergreen( $post );
// The site language is a runtime fact too: the reading-ease formula only
// fits English, and the check skips honestly elsewhere.
$stats['english'] = 0 === stripos( (string) get_locale(), 'en' );
// So is the featured image — and it's only expected where the content
// type and theme actually offer one.
$stats['featured'] = has_post_thumbnail( $post );
$stats['featured_expected'] = post_type_supports( $post->post_type, 'thumbnail' ) && current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails' );
$checks = array(
self::check_words( $stats ),
self::check_summary( $stats ),
self::check_evidence( $stats ),
self::check_sources( $stats ),
self::check_headings( $stats ),
self::check_heading_order( $stats ),
self::check_passages( $stats ),
self::check_reading_ease( $stats ),
self::check_link_density( $stats ),
self::check_alt_text( $stats ),
self::check_featured_image( $stats ),
self::check_freshness( $stats ),
);
/**
* Filter the per-page checks (a Pro add-on can append its own).
*
* @param array $checks Check rows.
* @param array $stats The parsed page stats.
* @param \WP_Post $post The post.
*/
$checks = apply_filters( 'agentimus_page_checks', $checks, $stats, $post );
return self::normalize( $checks );
}
/**
* Parse rendered HTML into the cheap counts the checks read. Pure — pass any
* HTML string (and whether the post has a manual excerpt) and it holds.
*
* @param string $html Rendered content HTML.
* @param bool $has_excerpt Whether the post has a manual excerpt.
* @param string $home_host The site's own host (lowercased), so links elsewhere
* count as outbound (cited) sources. '' = don't classify.
* @return array
*/
public static function stats( $html, $has_excerpt = false, $home_host = '' ) {
$html = (string) $html;
$text = self::text_of( $html );
$words = self::word_count( $text );
// Concrete, quotable specifics: numbers, percentages, dates, amounts.
$figures = (int) preg_match_all( '/\d[\d.,]*%?/', $text );
$headings = array();
$paragraphs = array();
$links = 0;
$link_words = 0;
$outbound = 0;
$images = 0;
$images_no_alt = 0;
$dom = self::dom( $html );
if ( $dom ) {
foreach ( $dom->getElementsByTagName( '*' ) as $node ) {
$tag = strtolower( $node->nodeName );
if ( preg_match( '/^h([1-6])$/', $tag, $m ) ) {
$headings[] = (int) $m[1];
} elseif ( 'p' === $tag ) {
$paragraphs[] = self::word_count( $node->textContent );
} elseif ( 'a' === $tag ) {
++$links;
$link_words += self::word_count( $node->textContent );
if ( self::is_outbound( (string) $node->getAttribute( 'href' ), $home_host ) ) {
++$outbound;
}
} elseif ( 'img' === $tag ) {
++$images;
// A missing `alt` attribute is a real gap; alt="" is the standards-correct
// marker for a decorative image (WAI) — intentional, so don't flag it.
if ( ! $node->hasAttribute( 'alt' ) ) {
++$images_no_alt;
}
}
}
}
// Sentence and syllable counts feed the reading-ease grade. Rough by
// design — Flesch is a heuristic, not a measurement. It grades PROSE:
// code samples aren't sentences and an identifier like
// App\Http\Middleware\InputValidator is not a twelve-syllable word, so
// code containers are stripped before this pass. (`words` above stays
// whole-content — code IS substance on a tutorial page.)
$prose_html = (string) preg_replace( '@<(pre|code|kbd|samp)\b[^>]*>.*?\1>@si', ' ', $html );
$prose_text = self::text_of( $prose_html );
$prose_words = self::word_count( $prose_text );
$sentences = self::sentence_count( $prose_html );
$syllables = 0;
$long = array(); // long-word frequencies: word => [count, syllables]
foreach ( explode( ' ', trim( (string) preg_replace( '/\s+/', ' ', $prose_text ) ) ) as $token ) {
$n = self::syllables( $token );
$syllables += $n;
if ( $n >= self::FAMILIAR_MIN_SYLLABLES ) {
// Keep internal hyphens so terms stay readable when a check names
// them ("ai-generated", not "aigenerated"); case and punctuation
// variants still merge.
$word = trim( (string) preg_replace( '/[^a-z-]+/', '', strtolower( $token ) ), '-' );
if ( ! isset( $long[ $word ] ) ) {
$long[ $word ] = array( 0, $n );
}
++$long[ $word ][0];
}
}
// Split the long words into the page's own recurring terms (priced as
// familiar in the adjusted syllable count) and one-off heavy words (full
// weight, surfaced so the author knows where the weight sits).
$familiar_syllables = $syllables;
$familiar_terms = array();
$heavy_words = array();
foreach ( $long as $word => $wf ) {
if ( $wf[0] >= self::FAMILIAR_MIN_OCCURRENCES ) {
$familiar_terms[ $word ] = $wf[0];
$familiar_syllables -= ( $wf[1] - self::FAMILIAR_COUNTED_SYLLABLES ) * $wf[0];
} else {
$heavy_words[ $word ] = $wf[0];
}
}
arsort( $familiar_terms );
arsort( $heavy_words );
return array(
'words' => $words,
'figures' => $figures,
'headings' => $headings, // heading levels in document order
'paragraphs' => $paragraphs, // per-paragraph word counts
'links' => $links,
'link_words' => $link_words,
'outbound_links' => $outbound,
'images' => $images,
'images_no_alt' => $images_no_alt,
'has_excerpt' => (bool) $has_excerpt,
'sentences' => $sentences,
'prose_words' => $prose_words,
'syllables' => $syllables,
'familiar_syllables' => $familiar_syllables,
'familiar_terms' => array_slice( $familiar_terms, 0, 5, true ),
'heavy_words' => array_slice( $heavy_words, 0, 5, true ),
);
}
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* Individual checks — each returns a { id, label, status, detail } row.
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
private static function check_words( array $s ) {
if ( (int) $s['words'] >= self::MIN_WORDS ) {
return self::row( 'words', __( 'Enough substance', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', sprintf( /* translators: %d: word count. */ __( '%d words — enough for an agent to extract and cite.', 'agentimus' ), (int) $s['words'] ) );
}
return self::row(
'words',
__( 'Thin content', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
sprintf( /* translators: 1: word count, 2: the minimum. */ __( 'Only %1$d words. Below ~%2$d an agent has little to work with — expand the page or merge it.', 'agentimus' ), (int) $s['words'], self::MIN_WORDS )
);
}
private static function check_summary( array $s ) {
// Thin pages are already flagged; don't pile a summary warning on top.
if ( (int) $s['words'] < self::MIN_WORDS ) {
return self::row( 'summary', __( 'Opening summary', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Not required on a short page.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
$lead = ! empty( $s['paragraphs'] ) ? (int) $s['paragraphs'][0] : 0;
if ( ! empty( $s['has_excerpt'] ) || $lead >= self::SUMMARY_MIN_WORDS ) {
return self::row( 'summary', __( 'Opening summary', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Has an excerpt or a solid first paragraph an agent can use as the summary.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
return self::row(
'summary',
__( 'No opening summary', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
__( 'The page does not start with a clear summary. Add an excerpt, or a first paragraph that says what the page is about.', 'agentimus' )
);
}
private static function check_evidence( array $s ) {
// Short pages aren't expected to marshal figures or sources.
if ( (int) $s['words'] < self::EVIDENCE_MIN_WORDS ) {
return self::row( 'evidence', __( 'Backed with specifics', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Short enough not to need figures or sources.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
$figures = (int) ( isset( $s['figures'] ) ? $s['figures'] : 0 );
$outbound = (int) ( isset( $s['outbound_links'] ) ? $s['outbound_links'] : 0 );
if ( $figures >= 2 || $outbound >= 1 ) {
return self::row( 'evidence', __( 'Backed with specifics', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Carries figures or cited sources — the kind of specifics an engine can quote and attribute.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
return self::row(
'evidence',
__( 'Nothing concrete to quote', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
__( 'No figures, dates, or outbound sources. Answer engines lift and cite specifics — add a statistic, a concrete detail, or a link to a source you build on.', 'agentimus' )
);
}
private static function check_sources( array $s ) {
// Sharper than the evidence check: figures can make a page QUOTABLE, but
// only outbound references make it read VERIFIABLE — engines favour pages
// that show where their facts come from.
if ( (int) $s['words'] < self::SOURCES_MIN_WORDS ) {
return self::row( 'sources', __( 'Cited sources', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Short enough not to need references.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
$outbound = (int) ( isset( $s['outbound_links'] ) ? $s['outbound_links'] : 0 );
if ( $outbound >= 1 ) {
return self::row( 'sources', __( 'Cited sources', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', sprintf( /* translators: %d: outbound link count. */ __( '%d outbound link(s) — the page shows where its facts come from.', 'agentimus' ), $outbound ) );
}
return self::row(
'sources',
__( 'No outbound sources', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
__( 'A long page with no links to outside sources gives readers no way to check its facts. Answer engines prefer pages that show their sources — link the material you build on.', 'agentimus' )
);
}
private static function check_headings( array $s ) {
if ( (int) $s['words'] < self::HEADINGS_MIN_WORDS || ! empty( $s['headings'] ) ) {
return self::row( 'headings', __( 'Section headings', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', empty( $s['headings'] ) ? __( 'Short enough to read without headings.', 'agentimus' ) : sprintf( /* translators: %d: heading count. */ __( '%d heading(s) give the page navigable structure.', 'agentimus' ), count( $s['headings'] ) ) );
}
return self::row(
'headings',
__( 'No headings', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
__( 'A long page with no headings is one big block of text. Add H2/H3 headings so an agent can find and quote each part.', 'agentimus' )
);
}
private static function check_heading_order( array $s ) {
$prev = 0;
foreach ( (array) $s['headings'] as $level ) {
if ( $prev && $level > $prev + 1 ) {
return self::row(
'heading_order',
__( 'Heading order', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
sprintf( /* translators: 1: from level, 2: to level. */ __( 'Heading levels jump (H%1$d → H%2$d). Don’t skip levels — it breaks the outline an agent builds from the page.', 'agentimus' ), (int) $prev, (int) $level )
);
}
$prev = (int) $level;
}
return self::row( 'heading_order', __( 'Heading order', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Heading levels nest without skips.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
private static function check_passages( array $s ) {
if ( (int) $s['words'] < self::MIN_WORDS || empty( $s['paragraphs'] ) ) {
return self::row( 'passages', __( 'Quotable passages', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Short enough to quote as-is.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
$longest = (int) max( (array) $s['paragraphs'] );
if ( $longest > self::LONG_PARAGRAPH_WORDS ) {
return self::row(
'passages',
__( 'One long block', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
sprintf( /* translators: 1: word count, 2: the threshold. */ __( 'A paragraph runs ~%1$d words. Break blocks over ~%2$d into shorter ones, so an engine can lift a clean, self-contained passage.', 'agentimus' ), $longest, self::LONG_PARAGRAPH_WORDS )
);
}
return self::row( 'passages', __( 'Quotable passages', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Paragraphs are a quotable length — easy to lift a clean passage from.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
private static function check_reading_ease( array $s ) {
// Flesch Reading Ease — an ENGLISH formula; on other languages it grades
// noise, so the check skips honestly rather than mis-scoring.
if ( array_key_exists( 'english', $s ) && empty( $s['english'] ) ) {
return self::row( 'reading_ease', __( 'Reading ease', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'The reading-ease formula only fits English — skipped for this site’s language.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
// A page that is mostly code may carry too little PROSE to grade, however
// substantial it is — skip honestly rather than score a handful of lines.
$gradable = (int) ( isset( $s['prose_words'] ) ? $s['prose_words'] : $s['words'] );
if ( $gradable < self::MIN_WORDS ) {
return self::row( 'reading_ease', __( 'Reading ease', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Too short to grade.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
$score = self::reading_ease( $s );
if ( $score >= self::READING_EASE_OK ) {
return self::row( 'reading_ease', __( 'Reading ease', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', sprintf( /* translators: %d: Flesch score. */ __( 'Score %d — plain enough for a general audience, the kind of writing answer engines quote most.', 'agentimus' ), (int) round( $score ) ) );
}
// A technical subject is not hard prose: rescore with the page's own
// recurring terms priced as familiar. Clearing the bar HERE means the
// writing around the vocabulary is plain — the raw formula was charging
// the page for naming its own topic.
$familiar = self::reading_ease_familiar( $s );
$terms = isset( $s['familiar_terms'] ) ? array_slice( array_keys( (array) $s['familiar_terms'] ), 0, 3 ) : array();
if ( $familiar >= self::READING_EASE_OK && $terms ) {
return self::row(
'reading_ease',
__( 'Reading ease', 'agentimus' ),
'pass',
sprintf(
/* translators: 1: raw Flesch score, 2: adjusted score, 3: the page's recurring terms. */
__( 'Score %1$d — %2$d with the page’s own recurring terms (%3$s) read as familiar. Plain prose about a technical subject.', 'agentimus' ),
(int) round( $score ),
(int) round( $familiar ),
implode( ', ', $terms )
)
);
}
$band = $familiar < self::READING_EASE_HARD
? __( 'university-level prose', 'agentimus' )
: __( 'college-level prose', 'agentimus' );
// floor, not round: a 49.5 must never display as "score 50" on a warn row
// — the number shown should stay below the pass bar the row failed.
$detail = sprintf( /* translators: 1: Flesch score, 2: difficulty band. */ __( 'Reading-ease score %1$d — %2$s. Shorter sentences and plainer words make passages easier for engines to lift and for readers to trust.', 'agentimus' ), (int) floor( $familiar ), $band );
$heavy = isset( $s['heavy_words'] ) ? array_slice( array_keys( (array) $s['heavy_words'] ), 0, 3 ) : array();
if ( $heavy ) {
$detail .= ' ' . sprintf(
/* translators: %s: the page's heaviest words. */
__( 'Heaviest words here: %s.', 'agentimus' ),
implode( ', ', $heavy )
);
}
return self::row( 'reading_ease', __( 'Hard to read', 'agentimus' ), 'warn', $detail );
}
/**
* PURE: the Flesch Reading Ease score from the parsed counts.
* 206.835 − 1.015 × (words/sentences) − 84.6 × (syllables/words).
*
* @param array $s Stats with words/sentences/syllables.
* @return float
*/
public static function reading_ease( array $s ) {
// prose_words matches the code-stripped text the sentence and syllable
// counts came from; plain `words` is the whole-content fallback.
$words = max( 1, (int) ( isset( $s['prose_words'] ) ? $s['prose_words'] : $s['words'] ) );
$sentences = max( 1, (int) ( isset( $s['sentences'] ) ? $s['sentences'] : 0 ) );
$syllables = max( 1, (int) ( isset( $s['syllables'] ) ? $s['syllables'] : 0 ) );
return 206.835 - 1.015 * ( $words / $sentences ) - 84.6 * ( $syllables / $words );
}
/**
* PURE: the reading-ease score with the page's recurring long words priced
* as familiar (see the FAMILIAR_* constants) — how the prose reads to
* someone who accepts the page's subject vocabulary. Falls back to the raw
* score when the parse carries no adjusted count.
*
* @param array $s Stats with words/sentences and familiar_syllables.
* @return float
*/
public static function reading_ease_familiar( array $s ) {
if ( isset( $s['familiar_syllables'] ) ) {
$s['syllables'] = $s['familiar_syllables'];
}
return self::reading_ease( $s );
}
private static function check_link_density( array $s ) {
$words = (int) $s['words'];
if ( $words >= 50 ) {
$ratio = $s['link_words'] / max( 1, $words );
if ( $ratio > self::LINK_DENSITY_MAX ) {
return self::row(
'link_density',
__( 'Mostly links', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
sprintf( /* translators: %d: percentage. */ __( 'About %d%% of the words are inside links — this reads more like navigation than content. Add prose or trim the link lists.', 'agentimus' ), (int) round( $ratio * 100 ) )
);
}
}
return self::row( 'link_density', __( 'Prose vs links', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'The page is mostly readable prose, not link lists.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
private static function check_alt_text( array $s ) {
if ( (int) $s['images_no_alt'] > 0 ) {
return self::row(
'alt_text',
__( 'Image alt text', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
sprintf( /* translators: 1: missing count, 2: total. */ __( '%1$d of %2$d image(s) have no alt text. Agents can’t read pixels — describe each image so its meaning survives.', 'agentimus' ), (int) $s['images_no_alt'], (int) $s['images'] )
);
}
$detail = (int) $s['images'] > 0 ? __( 'Every image has alt text.', 'agentimus' ) : __( 'No images to describe.', 'agentimus' );
return self::row( 'alt_text', __( 'Image alt text', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', $detail );
}
private static function check_featured_image( array $s ) {
// Only expected where the content type and theme actually offer one —
// skip honestly instead of nagging about a box that isn't there.
if ( empty( $s['featured_expected'] ) ) {
return self::row( 'featured_image', __( 'Featured image', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'This content type doesn’t use featured images — nothing to check.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
if ( ! empty( $s['featured'] ) ) {
return self::row( 'featured_image', __( 'Featured image', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Set — link previews and embeds have a picture to show for this page.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
return self::row(
'featured_image',
__( 'No featured image', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
__( 'Without a featured image, link previews and embeds have no picture to show for this page. Choose an image that stands for it.', 'agentimus' )
);
}
private static function check_freshness( array $s ) {
$age = (int) ( isset( $s['age_days'] ) ? $s['age_days'] : 0 );
// Evergreen content (owner-marked categories) is timeless — a reference, tutorial,
// or legal page doesn't go stale with age, so it's exempt from the age check.
if ( ! empty( $s['evergreen'] ) ) {
return self::row( 'freshness', __( 'Freshness', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Evergreen — exempt from the freshness check.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
// Only nag substantive content, and only when we actually know its age.
if ( (int) $s['words'] < self::MIN_WORDS || $age <= 0 ) {
return self::row( 'freshness', __( 'Freshness', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Nothing to flag.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
if ( $age > self::STALE_DAYS ) {
$months = (int) round( $age / 30 );
return self::row(
'freshness',
__( 'Getting stale', 'agentimus' ),
'warn',
sprintf( /* translators: %d: months since last update. */ __( 'Last updated about %d months ago. Answer engines favour current sources — a refresh (even a dated review note) helps this page stay citable.', 'agentimus' ), $months )
);
}
return self::row( 'freshness', __( 'Freshness', 'agentimus' ), 'pass', __( 'Recently enough updated to read as current.', 'agentimus' ) );
}
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* Helpers
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/**
* Whether a post sits in an owner-marked evergreen category, exempting it from the
* freshness check. Timeless content (references, tutorials, legal) shouldn't read as
* "stale" just for being old.
*
* @param \WP_Post $post The post.
* @return bool
*/
private static function is_evergreen( \WP_Post $post ) {
$cats = ( new Settings() )->get( 'evergreen_categories', array() );
/**
* Category term IDs whose posts are exempt from the freshness check.
*
* @param int[] $cats Term IDs.
* @param \WP_Post $post The post being considered.
*/
$cats = array_values( array_filter( array_map( 'intval', (array) apply_filters( 'agentimus_evergreen_categories', $cats, $post ) ) ) );
if ( empty( $cats ) ) {
return false;
}
return (bool) has_category( $cats, $post );
}
/** The site's own host (lowercased), for classifying links as outbound sources. */
private static function home_host() {
$host = wp_parse_url( home_url(), PHP_URL_HOST ); // home_url() only exists at runtime; this never runs in the pure stats() unit path.
return is_string( $host ) ? strtolower( $host ) : '';
}
/** Days since a post was last modified; 0 when unknown. */
private static function age_days( \WP_Post $post ) {
$stamp = ( isset( $post->post_modified_gmt ) && '0000-00-00 00:00:00' !== $post->post_modified_gmt )
? strtotime( $post->post_modified_gmt . ' UTC' )
: 0;
if ( ! $stamp ) {
return 0;
}
return max( 0, (int) floor( ( time() - $stamp ) / DAY_IN_SECONDS ) );
}
/**
* Whether a link points off-site — an absolute http(s) URL to a different host
* than the site's own. Relative and same-host links are internal, not sources.
*
* @param string $href The link's href.
* @param string $home_host The site's host, or '' to skip classification.
* @return bool
*/
private static function is_outbound( $href, $home_host ) {
$href = trim( (string) $href );
if ( '' === $home_host || ! preg_match( '#^https?://#i', $href ) ) {
return false;
}
$host = wp_parse_url( $href, PHP_URL_HOST ); // href is already known-absolute; wp_parse_url is stubbed for the stats() unit path.
return is_string( $host ) && strtolower( $host ) !== $home_host;
}
/**
* A summary count of the rows by status, for the meta box header.
*
* @param array> $rows Normalized rows.
* @return array{pass:int,warn:int,fail:int}
*/
public static function summary( array $rows ) {
$out = array( 'pass' => 0, 'warn' => 0, 'fail' => 0 );
foreach ( $rows as $r ) {
$status = isset( $r['status'] ) ? $r['status'] : 'warn';
if ( isset( $out[ $status ] ) ) {
++$out[ $status ];
}
}
return $out;
}
private static function row( $id, $label, $status, $detail ) {
return compact( 'id', 'label', 'status', 'detail' );
}
/**
* Coerce raw checks (including any a filter appended) into well-formed rows —
* an unknown status becomes `warn` rather than a silent pass.
*
* @param mixed $checks Raw checks.
* @return array>
*/
private static function normalize( $checks ) {
$valid = array( 'pass', 'warn', 'fail' );
$out = array();
foreach ( (array) $checks as $c ) {
if ( ! is_array( $c ) ) {
continue;
}
$id = isset( $c['id'] ) ? (string) $c['id'] : '';
if ( '' === $id ) {
continue;
}
$status = isset( $c['status'] ) && in_array( $c['status'], $valid, true ) ? (string) $c['status'] : 'warn';
$out[] = array(
'id' => $id,
'label' => ( isset( $c['label'] ) && '' !== (string) $c['label'] ) ? (string) $c['label'] : $id,
'status' => $status,
'detail' => isset( $c['detail'] ) ? (string) $c['detail'] : '',
);
}
return $out;
}
/**
* Count words in plain text (whitespace-delimited; unicode-safe enough for a
* rough substance measure).
*
* @param string $text Text.
* @return int
*/
private static function word_count( $text ) {
$text = trim( preg_replace( '/\s+/', ' ', (string) $text ) );
return '' === $text ? 0 : count( explode( ' ', $text ) );
}
/**
* PURE: sentence count for the reading-ease grade. Punctuation ends a
* sentence — and so does a block boundary (a paragraph, list item, heading,
* cell), because bullets and headings rarely carry a full stop, and gluing
* them into their neighbours grades list-heavy pages as one enormous
* "sentence".
*
* @param string $html Rendered content HTML.
* @return int
*/
private static function sentence_count( $html ) {
// Closing block tags become hard boundaries before the tag-strip — a
// marker survives text_of() where a bare space would glue neighbours.
$html = (string) preg_replace( '@(?:p|li|h[1-6]|blockquote|figcaption|caption|dt|dd|td|th|pre)\s*>@i', "\x1E", (string) $html );
$count = 0;
foreach ( explode( "\x1E", self::text_of( $html ) ) as $block ) {
$block = trim( (string) preg_replace( '/\s+/', ' ', $block ) );
if ( ! preg_match( '/[\p{L}\p{N}]/u', $block ) ) {
continue; // No words, no sentence — an empty cell or bare divider.
}
$count += (int) preg_match_all( '/[.!?]+(?:\s|$)/u', $block );
if ( ! preg_match( '/[.!?]$/u', $block ) ) {
++$count; // The block's tail is a sentence even without a full stop.
}
}
return $count;
}
/**
* PURE: estimate an English word's syllables — vowel groups, minus the usual
* silent-e, floor of one. A heuristic feeding a heuristic (Flesch); tokens
* without ASCII letters (numbers, other scripts) count zero so they don't
* skew the grade.
*
* @param string $word One whitespace-delimited token.
* @return int
*/
private static function syllables( $word ) {
$word = strtolower( (string) preg_replace( '/[^a-zA-Z]/', '', (string) $word ) );
if ( '' === $word ) {
return 0;
}
if ( strlen( $word ) <= 3 ) {
return 1;
}
$word = (string) preg_replace( '/(?<=[^aeiouyl])e$/', '', $word ); // silent e ("make"), keeping "-le" ("table").
$count = (int) preg_match_all( '/[aeiouy]{1,2}/', $word );
return max( 1, $count );
}
/**
* Plain text from HTML for word counting — tags become spaces (so adjacent
* block text like
doesn't glue into one fake word), and script/style
* bodies are dropped. Not for display; a rough substance measure only.
*
* @param string $html HTML.
* @return string
*/
private static function text_of( $html ) {
$html = preg_replace( '@<(script|style)[^>]*?>.*?\1>@si', ' ', (string) $html );
$text = preg_replace( '/<[^>]+>/', ' ', (string) $html );
return html_entity_decode( (string) $text, ENT_QUOTES );
}
/**
* Parse an HTML fragment into a DOMDocument, tolerating the malformed markup
* real content produces. Returns null when the fragment is empty or DOM is
* unavailable.
*
* @param string $html HTML.
* @return \DOMDocument|null
*/
private static function dom( $html ) {
$html = trim( (string) $html );
if ( '' === $html || ! class_exists( '\DOMDocument' ) ) {
return null;
}
$prev = libxml_use_internal_errors( true );
$dom = new \DOMDocument();
// Force UTF-8 and wrap the fragment so loadHTML has a single root.
$dom->loadHTML( '
' . $html . '
', LIBXML_NOWARNING | LIBXML_NOERROR );
libxml_clear_errors();
libxml_use_internal_errors( $prev );
return $dom;
}
}