How to count space in a text statement in PHP

Question

How can we count space between text in PHP?

example: hi how are you?

spaces: 3

Is there a way to count spaces?

Language: Only PHP

Borchers

Answer 1

Use this:

substr_count($text, ' ');

Kahler

What if a string has two spaces between two words?eg "New World". – Deepsix

Answer 2

You're looking for preg_match_all.

$numSpaces = preg_match_all('/[ ]/', $testStr, $matches);

Anatolia

Answer 3

$arr = count_chars($str,1);
echo $arr[32];

Carding

This way still works, but it's really a round-about way, since the substr_count() function exists. – Caramelize

Answer 4

$text   = "Biography of the author of Riyād al-Sālihīn";

$spaces = substr_count($text,' ') ?: 0; // if override spaces from sentences

$data   = substr($text,0,$length + $spaces); //`enter code here

Dichromatic