PHP soundex Function
What is soundex Function?
Explanation
In PHP, this function is used to calculate the soundex key of a string.
soundex(string)
The above syntax specifies the string to be checked.
<?php
$str1 = "Gauss";
$str2 = "Ghosh";
echo soundex($str1);
echo "<br />";
echo soundex($str2);
?> Result :
G200
G200
In the above example we have two strings that sounds similar "Gauss", "Ghosh" which returns the same result.
Syntax:
soundex(string)
The above syntax specifies the string to be checked.
Example :
<?php
$str1 = "Gauss";
$str2 = "Ghosh";
echo soundex($str1);
echo "<br />";
echo soundex($str2);
?>
G200
G200
In the above example we have two strings that sounds similar "Gauss", "Ghosh" which returns the same result.
