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PHP: count_chars() function

Description

The count_chars() function is used to count the number of times that an ASCII character occurs within a string

Version:

(PHP 4 , PHP 5)

Syntax:

count_chars(string1, mode)

Parameters:

Name Description Required /
Optional
Type
String1 The specified string. Required Float
mode The return mode. 0 - an array with the byte value as key and the frequency of every byte as value. 1 - same as 0 but only byte values with a frequency greater than zero are listed. 2 - same as 0 but only byte values with a frequency equal to zero are listed. 3 - a string containing all used byte-values is returned. 4 - a string containing all not used byte-values is returned. Optional Integer

Return values

Depending on mode.

Value Type: Mixed*.

*Mixed: Mixed indicates that a parameter may accept multiple (but not necessarily all) types.

Pictorial Presentation

php-string-count_chars()

Example:

<?php
$string_name='w3resource.com';
echo print_r(count_chars($string_name,0));
?>

Output :

Array  (      [0] => 0      [1] => 0      [2] => 0      [3] => 0      [4] => 0      [5] => 0      [6] => 0      [7] => 0      [8] => 0      [9] => 0      [10] => 0      [11] => 0      [12] => 0      [13] => 0      [14] => 0      [15] => 0      [16] => 0      [17] => 0      [18] => 0      [19] => 0      [20] => 0      [21] => 0      [22] => 0      [23] => 0      [24] => 0      [25] => 0      [26] => 0      [27] => 0      [28] => 0      [29] => 0      [30] => 0      [31] => 0      [32] => 0      [33] => 0      [34] => 0      [35] => 0      [36] => 0      [37] => 0      [38] => 0      [39] => 0      [40] => 0      [41] => 0      [42] => 0      [43] => 0      [44] => 0      [45] => 0      [46] => 1      [47] => 0      [48] => 0      [49] => 0      [50] => 0      [51] => 1      [52] => 0      [53] => 0      [54] => 0      [55] => 0      [56] => 0      [57] => 0      [58] => 0      [59] => 0      [60] => 0      [61] => 0      [62] => 0      [63] => 0      [64] => 0      [65] => 0      [66] => 0      [67] => 0      [68] => 0      [69] => 0      [70] => 0      [71] => 0      [72] => 0      [73] => 0      [74] => 0      [75] => 0      [76] => 0      [77] => 0      [78] => 0      [79] => 0      [80] => 0      [81] => 0      [82] => 0      [83] => 0      [84] => 0      [85] => 0      [86] => 0      [87] => 0      [88] => 0      [89] => 0      [90] => 0      [91] => 0      [92] => 0      [93] => 0      [94] => 0      [95] => 0      [96] => 0      [97] => 0      [98] => 0      [99] => 2      [100] => 0      [101] => 2      [102] => 0      [103] => 0      [104] => 0      [105] => 0      [106] => 0      [107] => 0      [108] => 0      [109] => 1      [110] => 0      [111] => 2      [112] => 0      [113] => 0      [114] => 2      [115] => 1      [116] => 0      [117] => 1      [118] => 0      [119] => 1      [120] => 0      [121] => 0      [122] => 0      [123] => 0      [124] => 0      [125] => 0      [126] => 0      [127] => 0      [128] => 0      [129] => 0      [130] => 0      [131] => 0      [132] => 0      [133] => 0      [134] => 0      [135] => 0      [136] => 0      [137] => 0      [138] => 0      [139] => 0      [140] => 0      [141] => 0      [142] => 0      [143] => 0      [144] => 0      [145] => 0      [146] => 0      [147] => 0      [148] => 0      [149] => 0      [150] => 0      [151] => 0      [152] => 0      [153] => 0      [154] => 0      [155] => 0      [156] => 0      [157] => 0      [158] => 0      [159] => 0      [160] => 0      [161] => 0      [162] => 0      [163] => 0      [164] => 0      [165] => 0      [166] => 0      [167] => 0      [168] => 0      [169] => 0      [170] => 0      [171] => 0      [172] => 0      [173] => 0      [174] => 0      [175] => 0      [176] => 0      [177] => 0      [178] => 0      [179] => 0      [180] => 0      [181] => 0      [182] => 0      [183] => 0      [184] => 0      [185] => 0      [186] => 0      [187] => 0      [188] => 0      [189] => 0      [190] => 0      [191] => 0      [192] => 0      [193] => 0      [194] => 0      [195] => 0      [196] => 0      [197] => 0      [198] => 0      [199] => 0      [200] => 0      [201] => 0      [202] => 0      [203] => 0      [204] => 0      [205] => 0      [206] => 0      [207] => 0      [208] => 0      [209] => 0      [210] => 0      [211] => 0      [212] => 0      [213] => 0      [214] => 0      [215] => 0      [216] => 0      [217] => 0      [218] => 0      [219] => 0      [220] => 0      [221] => 0      [222] => 0      [223] => 0      [224] => 0      [225] => 0      [226] => 0      [227] => 0      [228] => 0      [229] => 0      [230] => 0      [231] => 0      [232] => 0      [233] => 0      [234] => 0      [235] => 0      [236] => 0      [237] => 0      [238] => 0      [239] => 0      [240] => 0      [241] => 0      [242] => 0      [243] => 0      [244] => 0      [245] => 0      [246] => 0      [247] => 0      [248] => 0      [249] => 0      [250] => 0      [251] => 0      [252] => 0      [253] => 0      [254] => 0      [255] => 0  )  1

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See also

PHP Function Reference

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