Comparing Two Strings

[TheMayhem]

I'm a little stumped how to do this, so hopefully I'll find the right answer. I have two strings:

 

$customtitle and $censoredwords

 

Inside the $customtitle string is a user typed string consisting of words, letters, numbers, etc. Inside the $censoredwords are censored words or characters typed by the Administrator. Each word is seperated by a space, which is what is really confusing me.

 

My question to you is how can I compare the two strings and see if $customtitle contains any words from $censoredwords and if so kickback a TRUE or numerical value of 1 and if not kick back a FALSE or a numerical value of 0.

[Lamez]

I would create $censoredwords to an array of strings. Then use a for loop or maybe a foreach loop to compare the strings.

 

Here is some code on the spot:

$title = "mean";
$censored = array("stupid", "mean", "gay");
for($i=0; $i<count($censored); $i++){
  if($censored[$i] == $title){
      echo "naughty word";
      break;
  }
}

 

Not sure if that code is all correct, I kinda did it real quick.

[N-Bomb(Nerd)]

Not sure if this would work or not.. I just wrote this until someone can help me with my problem

 

        <?php
        
        $customtitle = "This is my custom title poop";
        $customtitle = explode(" ", $customtitle);
        
        $censoredwords = "poop dang";
        $censoredwords = explode(" ", $censoredwords);
        
        foreach($customtitle as $word)
        {
            
            if(in_array($word, $censoredwords))
            {
                // do whatever here.. like flag the title as bad or whatever
                echo "Shame on you! " . $word . " is a bad word!";
                
            }
            
        }
        
        ?>

 

Obviously there's better ways to write this, but you get the idea.. oh and this is untested, but it should work.