similar_text

Example

Example 1

Calculate the similarity of two strings and return the number of matching characters:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">similar_text</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello World"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello Shanghai"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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Example 2

Calculate the percentage similarity between two strings:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token function">similar_text</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello World"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello Shanghai"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token variable">$percent</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token variable">$percent</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"%"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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