search an array with regex

[tastro]

hi,

 

also i need to make a new array which includes all regex matches or strstr matches (it doesn't need to be regex) from the old array.

 

now i have it like this:

 

$array=array('cathouse','doghouse','mousehouse');
preg_match_all("@\,([a-zA-Z0-9\|]+dog[a-zA-Z0-9\|]+)\,@i",',|'.implode("|,|",$array).'|,',$matches);
print_r($matches[1]);

 

but is there a faster way to do this? (i tryed with loops but it's all slower)

 

i also have all this in another loop. because it must match more words/strings then only "dog".

 

EDITED.

[tastro]

sry the above code is incorrect. this one is correct:

 

$array=array('cathouse','doghouse','mousehouse');
preg_match_all("@\,([a-zA-Z0-9\|]+dog[a-zA-Z0-9\|]+)\,@i",',|'.implode("|,|",$array).'|,',$matches);
print_r($matches[1]);

[xyph]

<?php 

$array = array('cathouse','doghouse','mousehouse','snoopdog');
$search = 'dog';

// Here's how you can do with with array_walk and an anonymous function
$resultWalk = array();
array_walk( $array,
create_function( '$value,$key,$data',
	'if( strstr($value,$data[1])!==FALSE ) $data[0][] = $value;'
),
array(&$resultWalk,$search)
);

print_r( $resultWalk );

// Here's how you can do it using a simple foreach
$resultLoop = array();
foreach( $array as $value ) {
if( stristr($value,$search) !== FALSE ) $resultLoop[] = $value;
}

print_r( $resultLoop );

?>

[AbraCadaver]

Not sure exactly, but this should work.  You can build the cat|dog|mouse dynamically beforehand, no need for loops:

 

$array = array('cathouse','doghouse','mousehouse');
$matches = preg_grep("@[\w\d]*cat|dog|mouse[\w\d]*@i", $array);
print_r($matches);

[PFMaBiSmAd]

i also have all this in another loop. because it must match more words/strings then only "dog".

 

If you state your overall goal with an example showing what you are starting with and what the end result should be, it will often lead to the best solution. I can easily imagine you can do whatever it is you are actually trying to accomplish inside one query or using one preg_ statement.

[tastro]

thank you very much again! gonna test this two. thread solved.