Calculate the metaphone key of a string

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metaphone ( string $str [, int $phonemes = 0 ] ) : string

Calculates the metaphone key of str.

Similar to soundex() metaphone creates the same key for similar sounding words. It's more accurate than soundex() as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation. The metaphone generated keys are of variable length.

Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <lphilips at verity dot com>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].

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str: The input string.
phonemes: This parameter restricts the returned metaphone key to phonemes characters in length. The default value of 0 means no restriction.

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Returns the metaphone key as a string, 锟斤拷锟斤拷锟斤拷失锟斤拷时锟斤拷锟斤拷 FALSE.

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Example #1 metaphone() basic example


<?php
var_dump(metaphone('programming'));
var_dump(metaphone('programmer'));
?>

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string(7) "PRKRMNK"
string(6) "PRKRMR"

Example #2 Using the phonemes parameter


<?php
var_dump(metaphone('programming', 5));
var_dump(metaphone('programmer', 5));
?>

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string(5) "PRKRM"
string(5) "PRKRM"