function countOccurences($s, $word) {
$arr = explode(" ", $s);
$count = 0;
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($arr); $i++) {
if ($word == $arr[$i])
$count++;
}
return $count;
}
$s = "c python php c++ java php php c#";
$word = "php";
echo countOccurences($s, $word);
/*
run:
3
*/