how to find and count the words in a string?

[eluser]basty_dread[/eluser]
Hello, I need your help guys.


this is my code:

Code:

$words = "this is my page and the page is the only page that is nice";

my problem is i want to search the word "page" in the $words and count it if how many "page" word is in $words.


Please help and thank you.

in the example,
i found 3 words that is equal to the word "page"