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 may also use the below code it's working for me.

    function get_num_of_words($string) {
        $string = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($string));
        $words = explode(" ", $string);
        return count($words);
    }

    $string="php string word count in simple way";
    echo $count=get_num_of_words($string);

The result will be 7