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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
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<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
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<refentry id="function.metaphone">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>metaphone</refname>
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<refpurpose>Calculate the metaphone key of a string</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<methodsynopsis>
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<type>string</type><methodname>metaphone</methodname>
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<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str</parameter></methodparam>
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<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>phones</parameter></methodparam>
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</methodsynopsis>
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<para>
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Calculates the metaphone key of <parameter>str</parameter>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Similar to <function>soundex</function> metaphone creates the
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same key for similar sounding words. It's more accurate than
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<function>soundex</function> as it knows the basic rules of
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English pronunciation. The metaphone generated keys are of
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variable length.
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</para>
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<!-- TODO: Document phones and when it appeared. -->
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<para>
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Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips
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<lphilips at verity dot com>. It is described in ["Practical
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Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley,
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1995].
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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