Php metaphone
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PHP function metaphone
This function calculates the metaphone key of a given string. This metaphone() function is similar to php soundex
Syntax metaphone
- string: string to be calcualted.
- length: maximum length of the metaphone key.
metaphone(string, length);
Example 1
<?php $str='dot'; echo metaphone($str); ?>
Output
TT
Example 2
<?php
$array_str = array('dot',
'dott',
'dog',
'dogg',
'dorm',
'doll',
'sweet',
'sweat',
'tea',
'ty',
'li',
'lee'
);
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array_str); $i++) {
echo $array_str[$i] . '-->'
. metaphone($array_str[$i]) . '<br/>';
}
?>
Output
dot-->TT dott-->TT dog-->TK dogg-->TK dorm-->TRM doll-->TL sweet-->SWT sweat-->SWT tea-->T ty-->T li-->L lee-->L
