Req #75977 [NEW]: Trim internal whitespace from string

From: olafvdspek at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Trim internal whitespace from string Description: ------------ A function to trim / merge whitespace inside a string (so not just at the begin, end) would be nice to have and especially useful for single-line input. It should replace all sequences of 1 or more whitespace characters by a single space. Test script: --------------- echo trim_all('A B \t C \n D'); Expected result: ---------------- A B C D Actual result: -------------- A B \t C D -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75977&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75977&r=mysqlcfg