Re: comparing two texts

i want to compare two text fetched out of database and echo the result on the webpage.i want to do it in php language and i donot want to compare two text files ,i wanna compare two text messages (that is fetched out from database). thanks. Yours, Jenny. On 6/18/05, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: > jenny mathew wrote: > > hello group, > > is it possible to compare two different text messages and highlight > > the difference in php. > > i mean to say that > > $text1="message 1" > > $text2="message 2" > > i want to compare both $text1 and $text2 for differences and highlight > > the differece in php.is it possible. > > yes. is it easy? that depends on how far you want to go with diff'ing > (and how good you are at string manipulation :-) > > this is a general problem which has been solved by very skilled people > already, I would suggest reading some more about 'diff' etc and > figure out if you can use existing tools to get what you want: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/diffutils.html > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff > > > waiting for your reply. > > thanks. > > Yours, > > Jenny > > > >