PHP Exercises: Count number of vowels in a given string

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PHP: Exercise-96 with Solution

Write a PHP program to count number of vowels in a given string.

Note: Use a regular expression to count the number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) in a string.

Sample Solution: -

PHP Code:

<?php
//Licence: https://bit.ly/2CFA5XY

function count_Vowels($string)
{
    preg_match_all('/[aeiou]/i', $string, $matches);
    return count($matches[0]);
}
print_r(count_Vowels('sampleInput'));


?>

Sample Output:

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PHP: Tips of the Day

How to Sort Multi-dimensional Array by Value?

Try a usort, If you are still on PHP 5.2 or earlier, you'll have to define a sorting function first:

Example:

function sortByOrder($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
}

usort($myArray, 'sortByOrder');

Starting in PHP 5.3, you can use an anonymous function:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
});

And finally with PHP 7 you can use the spaceship operator:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
});

To extend this to multi-dimensional sorting, reference the second/third sorting elements if the first is zero - best explained below. You can also use this for sorting on sub-elements.

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    $retval = $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
    if ($retval == 0) {
        $retval = $a['suborder'] <=> $b['suborder'];
        if ($retval == 0) {
            $retval = $a['details']['subsuborder'] <=> $b['details']['subsuborder'];
        }
    }
    return $retval;
});

If you need to retain key associations, use uasort() - see comparison of array sorting functions in the manual

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