Re: Profanity Filter

> On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Sterling Hughes wrote: > > > > > I'm saying use the same method, but use an array and avoid the strpos() > > > function: > > > > > > $words = preg_split("//", $data); > > > foreach ($words as $word) { > > > if (in_array($prof, $words)) { > > > echo "BAD WORD"; > > > echo "BAD WORD"; > > > echo "I'M TELLING"; > > > } > > > } > > > > > > -Sterling > > > > > > > That method suffers from the dictionary problem that Egan brought up. > > > > Hey, wait a second... > > Does that code even make sense? I must be missing something... > > -- well if you have a concussion... :) Its a whip up of what I was talking about, I didn't mean it as real code :)... Switch $words to $word and then swith the argument order to in_array and yes, it makes sense... <?php $profanities = array("fuck", "shit"); $words = preg_split("/\s+/", $data); foreach ($words as $word) { if (in_array($word, $profanities)) { echo "you did a naughty thing"; break; } } ?> Would be the somewhat sane version... _Sterling