note 74383 added to function.levenshtein

To find the comparison percentage of levenshtein, use this function: <?php function _levenshtein($str1, $str2) { return 1-levenshtein($str1, $str2)/max(strlen($str1), strlen($str2)); } echo _levenshtein('dogs', 'cats'); //.25 This function (along with levenshtein) is obsolete though: similar_text is 20% faster that the two. ?> ---- Server IP: 69.39.81.135 Probable Submitter: 69.116.25.234 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.levenshtein.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74383 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74383/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74383/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74383/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74383/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74383/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74383/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74383 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74383 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php