Counting the number of specific characters inside string

Question

I\'m sorry, I just found a new problem due to my question about: Get The Number of Sepecific String Inside String.

I have been trying hard, how to find the number of

Answer 1

Try this

 $string = '120201M, 121212M-1, 21121212M, 232323M-2, 32323K, 323232K-1';

 $wordCounts = array_count_values(str_word_count($string,1));

 echo $mCount = (isset($wordCounts['M-'])) ? $wordCounts['M'] : 0;

But here one thing You can just pass the 'M-' or 'M' not 'M-1' it is some workaround for what you want. Beacuse str_word_count matches exact word count been used.