array comparison in a single value

[jansky]

To all guru

how can i compare a single variable to a array , most likely i want to identify if the name is a female or name

$femalename=array("sofia","silvia","rosalina","ana","sandra","paula","margarita","maria");
$nameattached = strtolower("Sandra Sofia Rebelo");

so far this is the code that i created and i have lots of data

foreach($femalename as $female)
{
if (eregi($female,$nameattached ))
{ echo "found"; } else { echo "not found";}

}

my code is most likely working but is there any shortcut aside ?

sorry for my bad english

thanks

[Valdhor]

Try in_array...

$femalename=array("sofia","silvia","rosalina","ana","sandra","paula","margarita","maria");
$nameattached = strtolower("Sandra Sofia Rebelo");

$nameattachedarray = explode(" ", $nameattached);

$isfemale = false;

foreach ($nameattachedarray as $name)
{
	if(in_array($name, $femalename))
	{
		$isfemale = true;
	}
}

print($isfemale? "You're Female" : "You're Male");