note 43838 added to function.str-word-count

Probably not the most efficient (or right) solution to this, but 'tis late and I is a tired newbie ;) *SHOULD* work as the real function, but not done too much testing... <?php if ( !function_exists('str_word_count') ) { function str_word_count($string, $format = null) { // Daz [at] ForumImages [dot] com // requires PHP 4 >= 4.0.1 for 'trigger_error' if ( $format != 1 && $format != 2 && $format !== null ) { trigger_error("str_word_count() The specified format parameter, '$format' is invalid", E_USER_WARNING); return false; } $word_dashes = '___dDaShB___'; $word_quotes = '___dQuOtEB___'; $word_string = preg_replace(array('#\\b-\\b#', "#\\b'\\b#", '#[\\W\\d]#'), array($word_dashes, $word_quotes, ' '), $string); $word_array = preg_split("/[^\\w]+/", $word_string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); if ( $format >= 1 ) { $lastposition = 0; $word_assoc_array = array(); for ( $i = 0; $i < count($word_array); $i++ ) { $word_array[$i] = str_replace(array($word_dashes, $word_quotes), array('-', "'"), $word_array[$i]); $word = $word_array[$i]; $word_assoc_array[$lastposition = strpos($string, $word, $lastposition)] = $word; $string = substr_replace($string, str_repeat(' ', strlen($word)), $lastposition, strlen($word)); } $return = ( $format == 2 ) ? $word_assoc_array : $word_array; } else { $return = count($word_array); } return $return; } } ?> The basic framework is from the unfinished PHP_Compat replacement - so partial credit goes to Aidan Lister. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-word-count.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+43838 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+43838&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+43838&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php