wryan

Thanks a million, Anti-Moronic! I'll start playing with that and see where I get =)

I realized I should mention something. Depending on which word in the list is matched, I'd like to set a variable = to a different value (a string actually). Here's a mockup: String = "I'm at home" Word list: -home -work -dentist -prison -jupiter -lost do any of the words in the list show up in the string? If yes, then set string $Status equal to appropriate value for matched word (see below) home = "a" work = "b" dentist = "c" prison = "d" jupiter = "e" lost = "f" I hope that makes sense...

Hello, I am EXTREMELY new to PHP, and coding in general. I have attempted to search for an answer to this already, but I'm not sure I'm using terminology that will lead me to an solution, as I haven't come up with much. I'm hoping that someone can provide some assistance, or at least point me in the right direction for some reading. What I am trying to do it search a string for a match to any of 12 words. I'm wondering if there is a smarter way to do this than coding 12 different lines, each one looking for a specific word. If you can point me in the right direction, then thank you very much =)