note 111144 added to function.count-chars

Another approach to counting unicode chars. <?php function count_chars_unicode($str, $x = false) { $tmp = preg_split('//u', $str, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); foreach ($tmp as $c) { $chr[$c] = isset($chr[$c]) ? $chr[$c] + 1 : 1; } return is_bool($x) ? ($x ? $chr : count($chr)) : $chr[$x]; } $str = "şeker şeker yâriiiiiiiiiimmmmm"; print_r(count_chars_unicode($str, 'â')); // frequency of "â" print_r(count_chars_unicode($str)); // count of uniq chars print_r(count_chars_unicode($str, true)); // all chars with own frequency ?> Outputs; 1 9 Array ( [ş] => 2 [e] => 4 [k] => 2 [r] => 3 [ ] => 2 [y] => 1 [â] => 1 [i] => 10 [m] => 5 ) ---- Server IP: 95.130.168.26 Probable Submitter: 88.253.79.190 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.count-chars.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/111144 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111144/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111144/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111144/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111144/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111144/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111144/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111144 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/111144 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php