Pluralizer Helper for CakePHP. Makes for easier use of the Inflector.

plural.php

<?php

/**
 * Pluralizes a singular term based on a count.
 *
 * This function will take a count and a singular term and pluralize
 * the term if the count is not equal to 1.
 * 
 * Example usage:
 * <code>
 * You have <?php echo $plural->ize($message_count, 'message'); ?> messages.
 * </code>
 *
 * @param int $count total count of items 
 * @param string $singular_term the singular term
 * @return string the count and the singular or plural form of the supplied term
 * @link http://debuggable.com/posts/cakephp-pluralize-helper:480f4dfe-fbf8-464a-95da-4764cbdd56cb Original source
 */
class PluralHelper extends AppHelper {
	function ize($count, $singular_term) {
		if ($count != 1) {
			return $count . ' ' . Inflector::pluralize($singular_term);
		}
		return $count . ' ' . $singular_term;
	}
}

?>