Bug #65396 [Opn->Nab]: Separators at the beginning of string are also exploded

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65396&edit=1 ID: 65396 Updated by: ab@php.net Reported by: empaingeo at hotmail dot com Summary: Separators at the beginning of string are also exploded -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Strings related Operating System: Windows Vista PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php or additionally to trim, preg_replace(',\s+,', ' ', $str) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-07 21:42:08] empaingeo at hotmail dot com Hi, thanks for the reply. I will follow your advice. Best regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-07 20:36:54] mail+php at requinix dot net Totally intended and often desirable behavior. If you don't want those then trim() the spaces off first, or if you're worried about multiple spaces inside the string too ("test1 test2") then array_filter() the result. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-05 23:39:25] empaingeo at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.explode#refsect1-function.explode-returnvalues --- Hi, to reproduce the problem : Test script: --------------- <?php echo "<pre>"; echo print_r(explode(' ', " test1 test2")); echo "</pre>"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [0] => test1 [1] => test2 ) 1 Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => [1] => [2] => [3] => [4] => test1 [5] => test2 ) 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65396&edit=1