This PHP function to count syllables in a word isn't entirely reliable, but we're providing it despite its lack of accuracy. It supports, in part, the article published here (Count Sentences, Words, and Syllables With PHP).
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<?php
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/*
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Count the number of syllables in a word
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http://www.beliefmedia.com/count-sentences-syllables-php
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*/
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function beliefmedia_count_syllables($word) {
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$subsyl = Array('cial','tia','cius','cious','giu','ion','iou','sia$','.ely$');
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$addsyl = Array('ia','riet','dien','iu','io','ii','[aeiouym]bl$','[aeiou]{3}','^mc','ism$','([^aeiouy])\1l$','[^l]lien','^coa[dglx].','[^gq]ua[^auieo]','dnt$');
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/* Based on Greg Fast's Perl module Lingua::EN::Syllables */
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foreach ($word_parts as $key => $value) {
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if ($value <> '') {
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$valid_word_parts[] = $value;
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}
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}
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$syllables = 0;
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foreach ($subsyl as $syl) {
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$syllables--;
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}
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}
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foreach ($addsyl as $syl) {
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$syllables++;
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}
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}
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$syllables++;
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}
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$syllables = ($syllables == 0) ? 1 : $syllables;
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return $syllables;
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}
See also: PHP Text Statistics (on Github 
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