How do you perform a preg_match where the pattern is an array, in php?

Question

I have an array full of patterns that I need matched. Any way to do that, other than a for() loop? Im trying to do it in the least CPU intensive way, since I will be doing

Answer 1

What about doing a str_replace() on the HTML you get using your array and then checking if the original HTML is equal to the original? This would be very fast:

 $sites = array(
      'you_tube' => array('dead', 'moved'),
      ...
 );
 foreach ($sites as $site => $deadArray) {
     // get $html
     if ($html == str_replace($deadArray, '', $html)) { 
         // video is live
     }
 }