PHP | similar_text() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP similar_text() Function.

The PHP similar_text() Function calculates the similarity between two strings and then returns the number of matching characters in the two strings.

syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

int similar_text ( string $first , string $second [, float &$percent ] )

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameters & Description
1	first It contains the information about the first string
2	Second It contains the information about the second string
3	percent By passing a reference as third argument, similar_text() will calculate the similarity in percent for you

Return Value

This built-in function returns the number of matching characters between both strings.

Example

Try out the example below -

<?php
   echo similar_text("code","coders");
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

4

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Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we will be studying about the PHP soundex() Function.

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