This will count through the sentences in a section of text and show how many words are contained within it and also it will be calculate and show how many days there are from the current date to a date in the future that you define.
<?php
echo "<center><b>********Count Words********
";
$text = "This will count through the sentences in a section of text and show how many words are contained within it.";
$count = count(explode(" ", $text));
echo "$text contains ampnbsp;===>" .$count." words
";
echo "******************************
";
echo "********Future Days********
";
echo "Hiox Birthday
";
$day = 17;
$month = 11;
$year = 2011;
$days = (int)((mktime (0,0,0,$month,$day,$year) - time(void))/86400);
echo "There are $days days until $day/$month/$year
";
echo "******************************</b></center>";
?>