Snippet Name: Count words in string Description: This will count through the sentences in a section of text and show how many words are contained within it. Also see:» Neatly trim a string to a set number o... » Search array elements for a substring » Add a period at the end of a string if... » Count capital letters in a string » Search All Words Of A String In mySQL » Remove Extra Spaces From A String » String to Date » Check number of characters in a range » De-Pluralize a String » Truncate Links Over X Chars long » Nice 'Read More...' links » Insert Into Middle Of Text » Filter non-alphanumeric characters » Collapse multiple spaces or dashes Comment: (none) Language: Highlight Mode: PHP Last Modified: March 16th, 2009
Description: This will count through the sentences in a section of text and show how many words are contained within it.
Also see:» Neatly trim a string to a set number o... » Search array elements for a substring » Add a period at the end of a string if... » Count capital letters in a string » Search All Words Of A String In mySQL » Remove Extra Spaces From A String » String to Date » Check number of characters in a range » De-Pluralize a String » Truncate Links Over X Chars long » Nice 'Read More...' links » Insert Into Middle Of Text » Filter non-alphanumeric characters » Collapse multiple spaces or dashes
<?PHP $text = "This is a sample text string."; $count = COUNT(EXPLODE(" ", $text)); ECHO "$text contains $count words"; ?>
