PHP check string for any array items

Question

I have an array of say 4 strings. How do i check to see if ANY of them are in a string and then return a true value if ANY are found in the string.

Have tried strpos() but for that, the needle has to be a string or integer, and cannot be an array.

Is there a case-insensitive way other than checking each array item separately via a loop through the array?

Example text:

$string = "A rural position on a working dairy farm but within driving distance 
of the sea and local villages, also sharing an indoor pool";

$arr = array("farm", "Working farm", "swimming pool", "sea views");

How about iterating through the array using a foreach and validate on the values? — Daryl Gill
– Daryl Gill, Commented Nov 28, 2013 at 17:54

Amal · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 17:59:39Z

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The best way would be to loop through the array of needles and check if it is found in the string:

function stripos_a($arr, $string) {
    foreach ($arr as $search) {
        if (stripos($string, $search) !== false) return true;
    }
    return false;
}

Test:

var_dump(stripos_a($arr, $string)); // bool(true)

Demo.

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 17:59

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David G Over a year ago

Thanks, this works very well indeed :) - @amal-murali

Lucas Serafim · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 17:58:59Z

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Check this out:

$string = "A rural position on a working dairy farm but within driving distance of the sea and local villages, also sharing an indoor pool";
$arr = array("farm", "Working farm", "swimming pool", "sea views");

$exploded = explode(' ', $string);
foreach ($arr as $query) {
  if (in_array($query, $exploded))
    echo "<br/>{$query} founded!";
}

Running code: http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/79f47f7ca4d6b9d1617487ccccc11104f107ae66

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 17:58

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l-x · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 18:02:27Z

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Try this one:

$string = "A rural position on a working dairy farm but within driving distance of the sea and local villages, also sharing an indoor pool";
$arr = array("farm", "Working farm", "swimming pool", "sea views");

$match = (bool) preg_match("/(".join("|", $arr).")/i", $string);

var_dump($match);

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 18:02

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Dan Goodspeed · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 17:57:00Z

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A function containing something like...

foreach ($arr as $value) {
  if (strpos($string, $value)) { return true;}
}
return false;

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 17:57

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Mahendra Jella · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 18:01:59Z

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function searchWords($string,$words)
{
    foreach($words as $word)
    {
        if(stristr($string," " . $word . " ")) //spaces either side to force a word
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

USAGE

$string = 'A rural position on a working dairy farm but within driving distance of the sea and local villages, also sharing an indoor pool';
$searchWords = array("farm", "Working farm", "swimming pool", "sea views");

if(searchWords($string,$searchWords))
{
     //matches
}

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 18:01

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