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Added support for double-barrelled compound last names #48

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions src/FullNameParser.php
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Expand Up @@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ public function parse_name($full_name) {
if ($this->is_compound($word) && $i != 0) {
break;
}
# move on to parsing the last name if we find an indicator of a double-barrelled (hyphenated) AND compound last name (Von, Van, etc)
# we use $i != 0 to allow for cases where an indicator is actually a hyphenated first name (like "Betty-May")
if(str_contains($word, '-') && $i != 0) {
break;
}
# is it a middle initial or part of their first name?
# if we start off with an initial, we'll call it the first name
if ($this->is_initial($word)) {
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