CakePHP Inflector on certain words returns swapped letters -

i own content-management system uses cake's inflector output entries pluralization if detect there's more 1 available.

if ($amt >= 2) $object_name = inflector::pluralize($object_name); 

this works object long isn't in inflector's "irregular" list.

http://inflector.cakephp.org/the%20purple%20cow returns "the purple tows" http://inflector.cakephp.org/purple%20cow returns "purple pows" http://inflector.cakephp.org/the%20purple%20goose returns "the purple teese" http://inflector.cakephp.org/purple%20how returns "purple hows" expected

for reason it's substituting last word's first letter first word's first letter, then adding s expected.

update: cakephp bug, documented here. fixed in 2.6.5. question has been modified avoid confusion.

seems bug specific word cow in last position. "the purple hen" , "purple hen" work fine. "cow fence" works fine. "big cow" or "the big cow" reproduce bug.

i recommend looking opening ticket using guidelines here.

you'll need search existing tickets related inflector see if has been reported. there several other inflector issues, didn't find when searching term cow.