How can the count_chars function in PHP be used to determine the frequency of a character in a string?

To determine the frequency of a character in a string using the count_chars function in PHP, you can first use the count_chars function to get an array of the frequencies of each character in the string. Then, you can access the specific frequency of the character you are interested in by using the ASCII value of the character as the index in the array. 

$string = "hello world";
$char = "l";

$frequencies = count_chars($string, 1);
$charFrequency = $frequencies[ord($char)];

echo "The character '$char' appears $charFrequency times in the string.";

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