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<?php function isPalindrome(string &$str): bool { return (bool) preg_match('/^(?=.)((.)(?1)\2|.?)$/', $str); } function sanitizePalindrome(&$str) { return preg_replace('/[^a-z]+/', '', strtolower($str)); } $tests = [ '', 'radar', 'f', 'neveroddoreven', 'foo', 'palindrome', 'Red rum, sir, is murder' ]; foreach ($tests as $test) { $test = sanitizePalindrome($test); // this is optional printf("%20s : %s\n", $test, json_encode(isPalindrome($test))); }