# xdiff_string_diff

(PECL xdiff:0.2-1.4)

xdiff_string_diff — Make unified diff of two strings

### Description

string xdiff_string_diff ( string `$str1` , string `$str2` [, int `$context` [, bool `$minimal` ]] )

Makes a unified diff of two strings.

### Parameters

`str1`

`str2`

`context`

  Indicates how many lines of context you want to include in the diff result.

`minimal`

  Set this parameter to `TRUE` if you want to minimalize the size of the diff (can take a long time).

### Return Values

Returns string with result or `FALSE` if an internal error happened.

### Examples

Example#1 xdiff_string_diff() example

The following code makes unified diff of two articles.

`<?php
$old_article = file_get_contents('./old_article.txt');
$new_article = $_REQUEST['article']; /* Let's say that someone pasted a new article to html form */
$diff = xdiff_string_diff($old_article, $new_article, 1);
if (is_string($diff)) {
echo "Differences between two articles:\n";
echo $diff;
}
?>`

### Notes

> Note: This function doesn't work well with binary strings. To make diff of binary strings use xdiff_string_diff_binary().

### See Also

- xdiff_file_diff()