Typing Test

[noirsith]

I'm developing a typing test using php, and have figured out a way to check the speed but not accuracy.

 

All the info being typed by the person is stored into a table as a varchar but I don't know how I would go about parsing it to see how accurate it is compared to the actual file they were copying. Is there a way to do this or do I have to send each word into a table cell and compare it to what it should be? If so how would I go about doing that?

 

Thank you much!

[MatthewJ]

take a look at the php manual for strcmp()

[DarkWater]

Matthew3, the strcmp() function is basically the same as $str1 == $str2, but it only uses the C locale.  Now, back on topic...I'd suggest the similar_text() function:

 

$str1 = "Lol";

$str2 = "Rofl";

$percent = (float) 0;

similar_text($str1, $str2, $percent);

echo $percent; //Will echo 57.1428571429

[MatthewJ]

Yeah, go figure when I saw the word compare in his question my brain just went to strcmp...

[DarkWater]

Heh. =P  And for the thread starter...you can use that function on the entire input string and the entire expected string at once and it'll be pretty accurate.

[noirsith]

I will try that, and let you know if it works, thanks so much for your quick response.