str_word_count
str_word_count
Return information about words used in a string
**str_word_count** string $string int $format $characters
Counts the number of words inside .
If the optional is not specified, then
the return value will be an integer representing the number of words
found. In the event the is specified, the return
value will be an array, content of which is dependent on the
. The possible value for the
and the resultant outputs are listed below.
string``format``format``format``format
For the purpose of this function, 'word' is defined as a locale dependent string containing alphabetic characters, which also may contain, but not start with "'" and "-" characters. Note that multibyte locales are not supported.
stringThe string
format
Specify the return value of this function. The current supported values
are:
- 0 - returns the number of words found
- 1 - returns an array containing all the words found inside the
string - 2 - returns an associative array, where the key is the numeric position of the word inside the and the value is the actual word itself
string
charactersA list of additional characters which will be considered as 'word'
Returns an array or an integer, depending on the
chosen.
format
Voorbeeld: A example
<?php
$str = "Hello fri3nd, you're
looking good today!";
print_r(str_word_count($str, 1));
print_r(str_word_count($str, 2));
print_r(str_word_count($str, 1, 'àáãç3'));
echo str_word_count($str);
?>
Array
(
[0] => Hello
[1] => fri
[2] => nd
[3] => you're
[4] => looking
[5] => good
[6] => today
)
Array
(
[0] => Hello
[6] => fri
[10] => nd
[14] => you're
[29] => looking
[46] => good
[51] => today
)
Array
(
[0] => Hello
[1] => fri3nd
[2] => you're
[3] => looking
[4] => good
[5] => today
)
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explode``preg_split``count_chars``substr_count