Online PHP editor | refs for hOoYV

<?php $lines = [ 'Alice Sandy', 'Alice Nanami', 'James Watt', 'Alice Monica', 'Johann Gauss', 'Cooper Alice', ]; $needle = 'Alice'; foreach($lines as $index => &$line) { if ($needle === strstr($line, ' ', true)) { // check whole first word if (!isset($firstOccurrence)) { $firstOccurrence =& $line; } else { $firstOccurrence .= strstr($line, ' '); unset($lines[$index]); } } } var_export($lines);