metaphone()

metaphone - Calculate the metaphone key of a string

Syntax

string metaphone (string $str, int $phonemes)

Arguments

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

Description

Calculates the metaphone key of str.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

Returns the metaphone key as a string, or FALSE on failure.