soundex() function calculates the soundex key of str. This soundex function returns a string 4 characters long, starting with a letter.
Note: It creates the same key for similar sounding words.
Tip: metaphone() is more accurate than soundex(), because metaphone() knows the basic rules of English pronunciation.
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Name, Required /Optional, Value Type, Description
string1, Required, String, The input string.
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Returns the soundex key as a string.
<?php $str = "Hi from tutorialmines!"; echo soundex($str); ?>
See below is the output of above code in web browser.
H165
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