count_chars

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count_chars - Return information about characters used in a string

count_chars( string$string, [int$mode = 0] ): array|string

Counts the number of occurrences of every byte-value (0..255) in string and returns it in various ways.

Parameters

string

The examined string.

mode

See return values.

Return Values

Depending on mode count_chars returns one of the following:

0 - an array with the byte-value as key and the frequency of every byte as value.

1 - same as 0 but only byte-values with a frequency greater than zero are listed.

2 - same as 0 but only byte-values with a frequency equal to zero are listed.

3 - a string containing all unique characters is returned.

4 - a string containing all not used characters is returned.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 Prior to this version, the function returned false on failure.

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