str_distance_array()

str_distance_array.php

<?php
    /* A.B. Carroll, public domain */ 

    function str_distance_array($needle, $haystack) {
        $confidence_map = [];
        foreach ($haystack as $h) {
            if(strlen($needle) < strlen($h)) {
                $normalize = strlen($needle);
            } else {
                $normalize = strlen($h);
            }

            $confidence_map[$h] = $normalize - (levenshtein($needle, $h) * 2);
            $confidence_map[$h] += similar_text($needle, $h);
        }

        natsort($confidence_map);
        $confidence_map = array_reverse($confidence_map);

        return $confidence_map;
    }