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<?php $sentence = "This is a red apple"; $words = array('red','apple'); $ch = implode("|",$words); $pattern = "/($ch)/"; if(preg_match($pattern, $sentence,$m)) { echo "yes \n"; print_r($m); }
Output for 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.8 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
yes Array ( [0] => red [1] => red )
preferences:
191.88 ms | 404 KiB | 197 Q