On many platforms like Edpresso, while reading an article, you will see the estimated read time of the article.
In this shot, you will learn how to make a read time in a fast and straightforward way.
Research has found that it takes an adult one minute to read two hundred words, on average. So, we will write our logic based on this fact.
We will use two main methods.
str_word_count() is a PHP function that helps count the words.
round() method is used to round numbers to their nearest whole number.
You can paste the following code into any of your controller’s functions or create a function in your controller.
In the following code block, I first counted the number of the words in string ＄text. Then, I divided it by 200, which is the number of words that can be read in a minute. I did this inside the round() method so we don’t get decimals.
I used a conditional statement to check that the time is at least more than a minute.
Please run the below code to get the output:
<?php$text = ' Words from your database or words from the request it can be from anywhere';// The text variable string you are working with$wordCount = str_word_count($text);// getting the number of words$minutesToRead = round($wordCount / 200);// getting the number of minutesif($minutesToRead < 1){// if the time is less than a minute$minutes = 'less than a minute';}else{$minutes = $minutesToRead;// saving the time in the variable}echo $minutes;