2010/1/11 omar zorgui <omarzorgui@xxxxxxxxx>: > $sentences[] = "this is a example sentence"; > $sentences[] = "a this is example sentence"; > $sentences[] = "example this is a sentence"; > $sentences[] = "this is a example sentence for a function"; <?php // Define data. $Sentences = array ( "this is a example sentence", "a this is example sentence", "example this is a sentence", "this is a example sentence for a function", ); // Record hashes of the sorted words in each sentence. $Hashes = array(); $Reduced = array_filter ( $Sentences, function($Sentence) use(&$Hashes) { // Explode the sentence into words but forced to lower case. $Words = explode(' ', strtolower($Sentence)); // Sort the words sort($Words); // If the hash of the serialized words array is not already known if (!in_array($Hash = md5(serialize($Words)), $Hashes)) { // then add it and return true. $Hashes[] = $Hash; return True; } else { // else return false to filter out this sentence. return False; } } ); // Show the reduced sentences. print_r($Reduced); ?> outputs ... Array ( [0] => this is a example sentence [3] => this is a example sentence for a function ) -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php