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>    (PHP 4 )</P
>metaphone&nbsp;--&nbsp;Calculate the metaphone key of a string</DIV
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>string <B
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>&#13;     Calculates the metaphone key of <TT
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>str</I
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>&#13;     Similar to <A
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>soundex()</B
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> metaphone creates the
     same key for similar sounding words. It's more accurate than
     <A
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> as it knows the basic rules of
     English pronunciation.  The metaphone generated keys are of
     variable length.
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>&#13;     Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips
     &#60;lphilips@verity.com&#62;. It is described in ["Practical
     Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock &#38; Rex, Addison Wesley,
     1995].
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