private static function countCode($text)
    {
        // remove code attribute content, like from href="" or d=""
        $text = preg_replace('/"[^"]*"/i', '', $text);
        // get markdown code
        $regex = '/(?<=(?<!`))`([^`\n\r]+)`(?=(?!`))|```[a-zA-Z]*([^`]*)```/i';
        $markdownCount = preg_match_all($regex, $text, $markdownMatches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
        // Remove markdown code from text, as to not double count
        $text = trim(preg_replace('/(?<=(?<!`))`[^`\n\r]+`(?=(?!`))|```[a-zA-Z]*[^`]*```/i', ' ', $text));

        // get html code elements
        $regex = '/<code>([\s\S]*?)<\/code>/i';
        $htmlCount = preg_match_all($regex, $text, $htmlMatches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

        // check if any matches exist
        if ($markdownCount === 0 && $htmlCount === 0) {
            return 0;
        }
        // concat all code
        $code = implode($markdownMatches[1], ' ').' '.implode($markdownMatches[2], ' ').' '.implode($htmlMatches[1], ' ');

        // replace multiple spaces
        $code = preg_replace(['/\s+/', '/^\s/'], [' ', ''], $code);

        // return the number words in the code blocks
        return count(array_filter(explode(' ', $code)));
    }