metaphone
Function • Deprecated in PHP 8.6
Calculate the metaphone key of a string.
metaphone Function synopsis
#[\Deprecated]
metaphone(string $string, int $max_phonemes = 0): stringParameters
$string
Typestring
The input string.
$max_phonemes
OptionalTypeintDefault value0
This parameter restricts the returned metaphone key to
$max_phonemes characters in length.
However, the resulting phonemes are always transcribed completely, so the
resulting string length may be slightly longer than $max_phonemes.
The default value of 0 means no restriction.
Return value
Typestring
Returns the metaphone key as a string.
Changes to the metaphone Function
PHP 8.6
- Function deprecated
PHP 8.0
- Return type added:
string - Parameter name of parameter #1 changed:
$textto$string - Parameter type added for parameter #1 (
$string):string - Parameter name of parameter #2 changed:
$phonesto$max_phonemes - Parameter type added for parameter #2 (
$max_phonemes):int - Parameter default value added for position #2 (
$max_phonemes):0
- metaphone($text, $phones)
+ metaphone(string $string, int $max_phonemes = 0): stringmetaphone Function Availability
metaphone Function Availability| PHP Version | Availability |
|---|---|
| PHP 8.6Upcoming Release | Yes Deprecated |
| PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) | Yes |
| PHP 8.4Supported | Yes |
| PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 8.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.3Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.2Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.6Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.5Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.3Unsupported | Yes |