Extract words from a text
This is how you can extract words from a text, clean up a bit and store it in an array. The clean up function removes all characters that do not match; a to Z or A to Z or 0 to 9 or - (hyphen).
<?php
$text = "This is the fake-text, from start!";
$RemoveChars = array("([^a-zA-Z0-9-])"); //English characters
//$RemoveChars = array("([^a-öA-Ö0-9-])"); //Swedish characters
$ReplaceWith = array(" ");
$text = preg_replace($RemoveChars, $ReplaceWith, $text);
$words = explode(" ", $text);
?>
Result:
Array
(
[0] => This
[1] => is
[2] => the
[3] => fake-text
[5] => from
[6] => start
)If you are using Swedish characters and uppercase or lowercase characters you might need to take a look at Uppercase Swedish characters ÅÄÖ