arsoundex

gistfile1.php

<?php
/**
this is a simple method , which will return soundex of transliterated arabic string 
*/
function arSoundex($string)
{
	// remove any pounctions and any space etc .. 
	$string   = preg_replace("/\\p{P}|\\p{M}/u", "" , $string);
	$chars = array(
		"ا"=>"أإاآ" ,
		"و"=>"ؤ",
		"ه"=>"ة",
	);
	foreach($chars as $with=>$replace)
	{
		$string = preg_replace("/[{$replace}]/u" , $with , $string);
	}
	$string = preg_replace("/ي(?=\Z|\s)/","ى",$string);
	$latin = [
		'ال' => 'EL' ,
		'ا'	=> 'A', 'ب' => 'B' , 'ت' => 'T', 'ث' => 'T', 'ج' => 'J',
		'ح' => 'H', 'خ' => 'KH', 'د' => 'D', 'ذ' => 'Z','ر' => 'R',
		'ز' => 'Z',	'س'=> 'S', 'ش' => 'S', 'ص' => 'S', 'ض' => 'D',
		'ط'	=> 'T', 'ظ'	=> 'Z', 'ع' => 'A', 'غ' => 'G','ف' => 'F',
		'ق'	=> 'Q',	'ك'	=> 'CK','ل' => 'L','م' => 'M','ن' => 'N','ه' => 'H',
		'و'	=> 'W',	'ى'	=> 'Y'
	];
	
	return soundex(strtr($string , $latin));
}
?>