cvs: /phpdoc/functions strings.sgml

thies Mon Sep 13 12:15:17 1999 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/functions strings.sgml Log: docs for metaphone Index: phpdoc/functions/strings.sgml diff -u phpdoc/functions/strings.sgml:1.12 phpdoc/functions/strings.sgml:1.13 --- phpdoc/functions/strings.sgml:1.12 Sun Sep 5 23:40:25 1999 +++ phpdoc/functions/strings.sgml Mon Sep 13 12:15:17 1999 @@ -577,6 +577,38 @@ </refsect1> </refentry> + <refentry id="function.metaphone"> + <refnamediv> + <refname>Metaphone</refname> + <refpurpose>calculate the metaphone key of a string</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcdef>string <function>metaphone</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>string <parameter>str</parameter></paramdef> + </funcsynopsis> + + <para> + Calculates the metaphone key of <parameter>str</parameter>. + + <para> + Similar to <function>soundex</function> metaphone creates the same key for similar sounding words. It's + more accurate than <function>soundex</function> as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation. + the metaphone generated keys are of variable length. + + <para> + Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <lphilips@verity.com>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for + Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995]. + + <note> + <para> + This function was added in PHP 4.0. + </note> + </refsect1> + </refentry> + + <refentry id="function.nl2br"> <refnamediv> <refname>nl2br</refname>