str_word_count() for non-latin words?

Question

im trying to count the number of words in variable written in non-latin language (Bulgarian). But it seems that str_word_count() is not counting non-latin words. The encodin

Answer 1

The best solution I found is to provide a list of characters for word count function:

$text = 'текст на кирилице and on english too';
$count = str_word_count($text, 0, 'АБВГДЕЁЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯабвгдеёжзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя');
echo $count; // => 7