Php similar text
From w3cyberlearnings
PHP function similar_text
This function calculates the similarity between two input strings and return a percentage of the matching between the two input strings.
Syntax similar_text
- String1: input 1
- String2: input 2
- count (optional): assign the percentage of matching to the count variable.
similar_text(string1, string2, count)
Example 1
<?php
echo similar_text("Good","gooD");
?>
Output: two match (oo)
2
Example 2
<?php
echo similar_text("w3cyberlearnings.com","w3cyberlearnings.com");
?>
Output: All characters match (each string contains 20 characters)
20
Example 3
<?php
echo similar_text("aging population","baby learns to talk");
?>
Output
5
Example 4
<?php
$arrayword = array('doggy is another type',
'mother leads us',
'father cooks for us',
'great father is a great cook',
'excellent mother');
$count_aa = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < count($arrayword); $i++) {
$count_aa[$arrayword[$i]] = similar_text($arrayword[$i], 'mother');
}
print_r($count_aa);
?>
Output
Array
(
[doggy is another type] => 5
[mother leads us] => 6
[father cooks for us] => 4
[great father is a great cook] => 4
[excellent mother] => 6
)
Example 5:return percentage of match
<?php
similar_text("aging population","baby learns to talk",$match);
echo $match;
?>
Output
28.571428571429
Example 6
<?php
$arrayword = array('doggy is another type',
'mother leads us',
'father cooks for us',
'great father is a great cook',
'excellent mother');
$count_aa = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < count($arrayword); $i++) {
similar_text($arrayword[$i], 'mother', $percentage);
$count_aa[$arrayword[$i]] = $percentage;
}
print_r($count_aa);
?>
Output
Array
(
[doggy is another type] => 37.037037037037
[mother leads us] => 57.142857142857
[father cooks for us] => 32
[great father is a great cook] => 23.529411764706
[excellent mother] => 54.545454545455
)
