counting letters

[rayzun]

Can a script count the number of letters in a page and total the occurences of each letter

a = 6
b = 1
c = 7 etc...

[devinemke]

$text = 'this is a bunch of text';

$array = str_split($text);
$count = array_count_values($array);
foreach ($count as $key => $value)
{
	if ($key == ' ') {$key = '[space]';}
	echo $key . ' occurs ' . $value . ' time(s)<br>';
}

[rayzun]

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: str_split()

[devinemke]

you have 2 choices:

1. upgrade to PHP5
2. go to the [man]str_split[/man] manual page. there are several examples there of how to emulate the function in PHP4.

option #1 is preferable (if possible)

[rayzun]

still how could I put the entire contents of a page into :

$text = 'this is a bunch of text';

?

[devinemke]

Originally posted by rayzun
still how could I put the entire contents of a page into :

$text = 'this is a bunch of text';

[man]file_get_contents[/man]

[rayzun]

I guess that is a solution, all HTML needs to be stripped.

I should have my head a shake.

That is kind of bad though I think having to load the same page twice.
?

[laserlight]

Ever looked at [man]count_chars/man?