[Search string for any match to a list of words?]

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

[Search string for any match to a list of words?]

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...

[Search string for any match to a list of words?]

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 =)