php function problem

Question

OK, one more problem and then I think my function will work.

Right now, my second function is just reporting the character length back next to the string like so:

    string(20) "testing testing nice"

is there anyway to change the format of that return? And what do I need to change to get the WORD count too?

Is it even possible to make the format look like this:

   string word count: 3 character count: 20 "testing testing nice"

thanks

file1.php

    <?php
    require('myfunctions.php');
    if($_POST) {
    $result = phptest($_POST['input']);
    if ($result === false) {
    echo 'No mean words were found.';
    } else {
    var_dump($result);
    }
    }
    ?>

    <?php
    echo "<br/> Sum function: ".sum(1,2,3,4)."<br/>";
    echo "Average function: ".average(1,2,3,4)."<br/>";
    ?>

    <form action="" method="post">
    <input name="input" type="text" size="20" maxlength="20" />
    <input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" />
    </form>

myfunctions.php

    <?php
    function sum() {
    return array_sum(func_get_args());
    }

    function average() {
    $args = func_num_args();

    if ($args == 0) {
    return 0;
    }

    return array_sum(func_get_args()) / $args;
    }  
    ?>

    <?php
    function phptest($input) {
    $search = array('ugly', 'rude');
    $replace = array('nice', 'sweet');
    $output = str_ireplace($search, $replace, $input, $replace_count);
    if ($replace_count === 0) {
    return false;
    } else {
    return $output;
    }
    }
    ?>

I don't see any correlation between the question and the code snippet — Karoly Horvath
– Karoly Horvath, Commented Jul 10, 2011 at 17:11
Do you use var_dump somewhere? That is for debugging and no, you can't change that format. But you can make your own output. — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented Jul 10, 2011 at 17:15
looks like he's just var_dumping the returned value and wants to reformat what var_dump gives — CrayonViolent
– CrayonViolent, Commented Jul 10, 2011 at 17:16
@ yi_H To clarify, my function is being used to replace words and then the completed string (with replaced words) should be returned with the word count. Does that help any? — Luke
– Luke, Commented Jul 10, 2011 at 17:18

Emil Vikström · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-10 17:17:05Z

2

You can use the str_word_count function to count words in a string.

function str_info($string) {
  $words = str_word_count($string);
  $chars = strlen($string); //Consideer using mb_strlen if you're using Unicode
  return 'string word count: '. $words .' character count: '. $chars .' '. $string;
}

answered Jul 10, 2011 at 17:17

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SeanCannon Over a year ago

+1 I wasn't aware of the str_word_count() function. Very handy!

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