Count all word including numbers in a php string

Question

To count words in a php string usually we can use str_word_count but I think not always a good solution

good example:

$var =\"Hello world!\";
echo str_         


        

Answer 1

You can always split your string by whitespace and count the results:

$res = preg_split('/\s+/', $input);
$count = count($res);

With your string

"The example number 2 is a bad example it will not 
count numbers  and punctuations !!"

This code will produce 16.

The advantage of using this over explode(' ', $string) is that it will work on multi-line strings as well as tabs, not just spaces. The disadvantage is that it's slower.