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xdiff_string_diff

Make unified diff of two strings (PECL xdiff:0.2-1.4)
string xdiff_string_diff ( string str1, string str2 [, int context [, bool minimal]] )

Makes a unified diff of two strings.

Parameters

str1
str2
context

Indicates how many lines of context you want to include in the diff result.

minimal

Set this parameter to TRUE if you want to minimalize the size of the diff (can take a long time).

Return Values

Returns string with result or FALSE if an internal error happened.

Examples

Example 2636. xdiff_string_diff() example

The following code makes unified diff of two articles.

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<?php
$old_article = file_get_contents('./old_article.txt');
$new_article = $_REQUEST['article']; /* Let's say that someone pasted a new article to html form */

$diff = xdiff_string_diff($old_article, $new_article, 1);
if (is_string($diff)) {
   echo "Differences between two articles:\n";
   echo $diff;
}

?>


Notes

Note:

This function doesn't work well with binary strings. To make diff of binary strings use xdiff_string_diff_binary().

See Also
xdiff_file_diff()


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