<?php
$array = array (
"1" => array("fruit","salad","vegetable"),
"2" => array("beef","meat","sausage"),
"3" => array("chocolate","cake","bread")
);
$sentence = "I love big sausage";
foreach($array as $key => $sub){
if(preg_grep("/" . str_replace(" ", "|", $sentence) . "/" ,$sub )){
echo "Match in ". $key . "\n";
}
}
preferences:
25.73 ms | 405 KiB | 5 Q