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<?phprequire_once("CompareStr.php");
 
 // strings
 $old_string = '285427';
 $new_string = '296427';
 
 // initialize CompareStr class
 $CompareStr = new CompareStr($old_string, $new_string);
 
 // compare two strings
 $result = $CompareStr->compare();
 
 // print the results using the $result array
 echo 'Old string: ' . $old_string. '<br>';
 echo 'New string: ' . $new_string . '<br>';
 echo 'Number of changes: ' . $result['number_of_changes'] . '<br>';
 echo 'Commonly used sequenced chars count: ' . $result['common_chars_length'] . '<br>';
 
 // print two strings with the bold commonly used characters to reflect changes visually
 echo '<br>';
 for ($i=0; $i<strlen($old_string); $i++)
 {
 $char = $old_string[$i];
 if (in_array($i, $result['common_char_indexes_old'])){
 echo '<b>' . $char . '</b>';
 }
 else{
 echo $char;
 }
 }
 echo '<br>';
 for ($i=0; $i<strlen($new_string); $i++)
 {
 $char = $new_string[$i];
 if (in_array($i, $result['common_char_indexes_new'])){
 echo '<b>' . $char . '</b>';
 }
 else{
 echo $char;
 }
 }
 
 /*
 sample output:
 
 Old string: 285427<br>
 New string: 296427<br>
 Number of changes: 2<br>
 Commonly used sequenced chars count: 4<br>
 <br>
 <b>2</b>85<b>4</b><b>2</b><b>7</b><br>
 <b>2</b>96<b>4</b><b>2</b><b>7</b>
 
 */
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