[wirehopper]

PHP Code:

<?php

/* Read in from the file here, not in the function - you only need to read the file once */

$wordlist='one|two|three|four';



/* Sample data */

$words=array('stone twoot three fourth','under oven tree','cookie oneder ream');



foreach ($words as $k => $v)

        echo 'Words: '.$v.' Cleaned: '.clean($wordlist,$v).PHP_EOL;



function clean($wordlist,$value)

{

        return preg_replace("/($wordlist)/i", '***',trim($value));

}

?>

Output:

Words: stone twoot three fourth Cleaned: st*** ***ot *** ***th
Words: under oven tree Cleaned: under oven tree
Words: cookie oneder ream Cleaned: cookie ***der ream