Question

How to find the largest word in a string with PHP

Answer 1

$s = "PHP is a scripting language geared towards web development";

$words = explode(" ", $s);

$largLength = strlen($words[0]);
 
$largIndex = 0;
 
for ($i = 1; $i < count($words); $i++) {
    if (strlen($words[$i]) > $largLength) {
        $largLength = strlen($words[$i]);
        $largIndex = $i;
    }
}

echo $words[$largIndex];




/*
run:

development

*/

 

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