SimilarText\Finder::levenshteinUtf8 PHP Method

levenshteinUtf8() protected method

Calculate the levenshtein distance between two strings.
protected levenshteinUtf8 ( string $string1, string $string2 ) : integer
$string1 string
$string2 string
return integer
    protected function levenshteinUtf8($string1, $string2)
    {
        $charMap = array();
        $string1 = $this->utf8ToExtendedAscii($string1, $charMap);
        $string2 = $this->utf8ToExtendedAscii($string2, $charMap);
        return levenshtein($string1, $string2);
    }