Php getting started Tutorial: metaphone Function

Definition and usage
This metaphone () function computes a key string of metaphone.

The key to a metaphone is how a series of voices are spoken by English speakers.

This metaphone () function can be used for spelling applications.

This function returns the success or false of the metaphone key string.

metaphone(string,length)

 
 

  
  
 
   
 
    
Parameter
 
    
Description
 
   
 
   
 
    
String
 
    
Required. Specified string check
 
   
 
   
 
    
Length
 
    
Optional. Specify the maximum length metaphone.
 
   
 
  
 
 

Tips and instructions
Note: The metaphone () function creates similar beautiful words with the same key.

Note: generate metaphone keys with different lengths.

Tip: metaphone () is more accurate than soundex (), because metaphone () knows the English pronunciation of basic rules.




Example 1
<?phpecho metaphone("world");?>
 
Output.
WRLT
 
In this example, we use the metaphone () function in two similar beautiful words:
 
<?php$str = "Sun";$str2 = "Son";echo metaphone($str);echo "<br />";echo metaphone($str2);?>
 
Output.
SNSN
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