php - var with more than 100 names, check if any are present in a text -

i have variable more 100 names, this:

$var = "josh" . ";" . "chloe" . ";" . "marie" . ";" . "john" . ";"... 

and texts want if 1 name above present in texts:

$text1 = "this apple"; // nothing, no name here. $text2 = "marie beautiful"; marie in text2, want call function. 

if 1 name in $var in $text2 want call function actions this:

if name found{  function insert(); } 

some ideas how can check if 1 name in $var present in $text?

thank friends!

store names in array, not string:

$names = array('josh', 'chloe'); $text1 = 'marie beautiful';  foreach ($names $name) {   if (stristr($text1, $name) !== false) {      // name found. call function here   } } 

if can't store names in array, explode string:

$names = explode(';', $var);