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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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