Req #75977 [Opn->Sus]: Trim internal whitespace from string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75977&edit=1 ID: 75977 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: olafvdspek at gmail dot com Summary: Trim internal whitespace from string -Status: Open +Status: Suspended Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Unknown/Other Function PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Adding yet another string function to ext/standard is certainly not uncontroversial (at least I do not see sufficient benefit in this case) – please, feel free to start the RFC process[1]. I'm suspending this ticket for the time being. [1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-02-18 13:22:15] olafvdspek at gmail dot com Readability / teachability maybe. http://php.net/trim got a dedicated function / name as well.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-02-18 09:25:49] jhdxr@php.net what's the problem with ``` preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $str); ``` ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-02-18 08:50:23] olafvdspek at gmail dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75977&edit=1