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Counting the Number of Words in a String

Explore how to use Laravel's wordCount helper method to count words in strings accurately. Understand the underlying use of PHP's str_word_count function and how Laravel extends it with character customization for precise word counting. Learn the differences between the Str and Stringable class implementations to apply this in your PHP projects.

Basic structure of the wordCount helper method

The wordCount helper method is used to count the number of words in the provided string. Internally, this helper method calls PHP’s ...