note 55364 added to function.soundex

Even be rewritten, function of [administrator at zinious dot com] is slower than soundex() for approx 30 times: <?php function MakeSoundEx($stringtomakesoundexof) { $temp_Name = strtoupper($stringtomakesoundexof); $SoundKey = array(1=>"BPFV", "CSKGJQXZ", "DT", "L", "MN", "R", "AEHIOUWY"); $temp_Last = ""; $temp_Soundex = substr($temp_Name, 0, 1); for ($x = 1; $x <= sizeof($SoundKey); $x++) for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($SoundKey[$x]); $i++) if ($temp_Soundex == substr($SoundKey[$x], $i - 1, 1)) $temp_Last = (string)($x==7?"":$x); for ($n = 1; $n < strlen($temp_Name); $n++) if (strlen($temp_Soundex) < 4) { for ($x = 1; $x <= sizeof($SoundKey); $x++) for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($SoundKey[$x]); $i++) if (substr($temp_Name, $n-1, 1)==substr($SoundKey[$x], $i-1, 1)) { if($x<7 && $temp_Last!=(string)$x) $temp_Soundex = $temp_Soundex.$x; $temp_Last = (string)($x); } } return $temp_Soundex . str_repeat("0", 4-strlen($temp_Soundex)); } ?> ---- Submitter IP: 195.248.191.91 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.soundex.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55364 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55364&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55364&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55364&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55364&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55364&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55364&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55364&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php