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<?php $spamWords = ['blah', 'nah', 'hah', 'spam', 'spamm']; $spamMessage = 'Here we go blah blah blah'; // this is the way you do this $spam = 0; foreach ($spamWords as $spamWord) { if (strpos($spamMessage, $spamWord) === false) { echo 'This keyword aint here, previous value - ' . $spam . PHP_EOL; $spam = 0; } else { $spam++; echo 'I am spam' . PHP_EOL; } } if ($spam === 0) { echo 'not spam' . PHP_EOL; } else { echo 'spam' . PHP_EOL; } // well obviously, you will echo 'spam' only if lastword from your spam-words will be present // so you need to keep your variable echo 'Right approach' . PHP_EOL; $spam = 0; foreach ($spamWords as $spamWord) { if (strpos($spamMessage, $spamWord) !== false) { $spam++; } } // now works as expected if ($spam === 0) { echo 'not spam'; } else { echo 'spam'; }