administrator at zinious dot com:

Sorry but your code wasnt soundex compliant
here were my results with your code, my code, and the default..

string: rest
R620 perform administrator's function 0.009452
R230 perform cg's function 0.001779
R230 perform default soundex function 9.4999999999956E-005

string: reset
R620 perform administrator's function 0.0055900000000001
R230 perform cg's function 0.00091799999999997
R230 perform default soundex function 0.00010600000000005

i dunno why the default, every once in a while, will for some reason be 9.xxx. very odd i think..
my code is at the bottom.. these tests were before the soundex modification as i discribe below..
btw for all the original specs on the soundex algorithm goto
http://www.star-shine.net/~functionifelse/GFD/?word=soundex

dalibor dot toth at podravka dot hr:

yes it is perhaps sad that it gives you the same code,
even metaphone has that problem..
but one might not want to be so accurate.. if somone
is on search engine.. lets call it shmoogle looking
for "php array reset" and search for "php array rest"
then shmoogle might return stuff about beds and such..
(if they were all stupid and didnt use the first words
as more important) so anyways shmoogle might need it to
be less accurate in such cases.. but nonetheless..
my fix for this is to add the number of syllables at the end of the string making it 5 characters long..
this would work as fallows..

code at: http://star-shine.net/~functionifelse/cg_soundex.php

or if you wanted to just use the default soundex function

$str = soundex($str).cg_sylc($str);

revolutionary more or less.. problly less...
This function is only meant for one word though.. i'd like to see someone
modify it to use split and run it through a loop to get each words cg_soundex
that'll be fun ;)
i would also like to sujest to the php zend apache kinda people who make php
to add an optional additional variable the user can specify as fallows

soundex("string",SYL);

which would return the number of syllables at the end of the string
highly accurate sound testing woo! also you could add VOW for vowels
and CONS for consonant or whatever else someone would want..
but i really think the number of syllables will be pleanty efficiant.
umm.. if this helps anyone your welcome.. ummm.. good luck in all
your php adventures.. oh... and the final results

syllables
1 rest
2 reset
metaphone
RST rest
RST reset
soundex
R230 rest
R230 reset

string: rest
R2301 perform cg's function 0.00211
R230 perform default soundex function 0.00011299999999997

string: reset
R2302 perform cg's function 0.001691
R230 perform default soundex function 0.00010399999999999

the default function is a tad bit faster..
so maybe they will add this option and we'll have speed and accuracy.

SILENT WIND OF DOOM WOOSH!