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<?php function countWords($sentence) { return count(preg_split('~\s+~', $sentence)); } echo countWords("my name is john"); echo countWords("my name \n\r is john"); echo countWords("my name \n is john"); echo countWords("my name \n\n\r is john"); echo countWords("my \n name is john");

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