September 2001
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
32h 45m
English
string metaphone (string string) Generates the metaphone key for a string.
Returns:
String; FALSE on error
Description:
metaphone() is used to generate a metaphone key for a string. Metaphone keys are strings that represent approximately how a string of characters would sound when pronounced using English-language pronunciation rules. Metaphone keys are extremely useful for text search-and-match applications.
Note:
Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips (lphilips@verity.com). More information can be found at http://aspell.sourceforge.net/metaphone/nd and in Practical Algorithms for Programmers by Binstock and Rex (Addison Wesley, 1995).
Version:
PHP 4.0b4+
See also:
To generate a soundex key for a string:
soundex()
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