soundex

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Calculate the soundex key of a string.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

soundex Function synopsis

soundex(string $string): string

Parameters

$string

Typestring

The input string.

Return value

Typestring

Returns the soundex key as a string with four characters. If at least one letter is contained in $string, the returned string starts with a letter. Otherwise "0000" is returned.

Changes to the soundex Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $str to $string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($string): string
- soundex($str)
+ soundex(string $string): string

soundex Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
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