# Define our test post. Of course replace this with your text.
	$post = 'Hey there this is a Set of Words, grouped into a sentence. I think This Is pretty Cool!';
	
	# Define our alphabet for character names
	$chars = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z');
	
	# Convert all spaces (\n, \t, etc.) to single spaces
	$post = preg_replace("#\s#i", ' ', $post);
	
	# Double check to make sure double spacing doesn't occur
	while( strstr($post, '  ') ) {
		$post = str_replace('  ', ' ', $post); // Replace double spaces
	}
	
	# Replace punctuation
	$disallowed = array('.', ',', '!', '?', ';'); // You can add more characters to this array.
	
	# Get rid of the punctuation
	$post = str_replace($disallowed, '', $post);
	
	# If you want the string to be all lowercase, uncomment the next line.
	# $post = strtolower($post);
	
	# If you want the string to be all uppercase, uncomment the next line.
	# $post = strtouppwer($post);
	
	# If you want the first letter of each word to be capitalized, uncomment the next line.
	# $post = ucwords($post);
	
	# Split the string
	$words = explode(' ', $post);
	
	# If you actually want to define them like $a = 'hey', $b = 'there' then uncomment what's below.
	/*
		for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($words); $i++) {
			$$chars[$i] = $words[$i];
		}
	*/