eregi searching for multiple text in a page

Hello,

Is there shorter, more efficient way of doing this type of thing?

if (eregi('text1', $checkSite) || eregi('text2', $checkSite) || eregi('text3', $checkSite) || ... ) {...

As you can see it will be searching for specific pieces of text from a specified website URL ($checkSite). The code format above works but is there a way of finding multiple pieces of text in the site by only using eregi once?

 

if (preg_match('~(text1|text2|text3|text4)~i', $checkSite))
{
    // Match
}

PHP:

Try to start using preg_* functions over ereg_*.

The preg_* functions are about 6 times faster.

 

Thanks very much.

Does the i mean case-insensitive? and what does ~ represent?

 

Yes, the i means case-insensitive.

And the ~ are the pattern delimiters. instead of ~ you could also use forwad slashes, @ signs, |,.. and a lot others.

I suggest you have a look at this.

http://www.phpvideotutorials.com/regex/