str_word_count

Example

Example 1

Calculate the number of words in the string "I love Shanghai!":

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">str_word_count</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"I love 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

Returns an array containing words in a string:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token function">str_word_count</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"I love Shanghai!"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">1</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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Example 3

Returns an array where the key name is the position of the word in the string and the key value is the actual word:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token function">str_word_count</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"I love Shanghai!"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">2</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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Example 4

Set and not set char parameters:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token function">str_word_count</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"I love Shanghai & good morning!"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">1</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token function">str_word_count</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"I love Shanghai & good morning!"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">1</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"&"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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