Returning the number of spaces in a String

Question

Not only spaces, but any other letter, for example.

Is there any function that will return this to me?

I’ve tried to :

public function verifica_nome()
{
    return substr_count($this->name, " ");
}

But the same always returns 0...

Answer 1

Use this php function that returns an integer with the amount: http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr-count.php

echo substr_count("oi tudo bem?"," ");

Will show:

2