[Resolved] counting letters in a string

[mrfarrell]

how could i count how many times the character / shows up in a string?

[maniac1aw]

warning: didn't test code... looks like it works though :rolleyes:

<?
function occurences_in_string($string,$char)
{
   $counter=0;

   for ($i=0;$i<count($string);$i++)
   {
       if ($string[$i]==$char)
      {
          $counter++;
      }
   }

   return $counter;
}

?>

[YappyDog]

Wouldn't the substr_count function do the same thing?

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.substr-count.php

[maniac1aw]

yes