#40243 [NEW]: Clarify that trim(),ltrim(),rtrim() will trim ANY character in charlist

From: burg1 at gmx dot net Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Clarify that trim(),ltrim(),rtrim() will trim ANY character in charlist Description: ------------ Please clarify what the trim() functions actually do if the charlist argument is present: ltrim('deeds', 'ed'); returns: 's' EACH single character in charlist is trimmed from the beginning of the string, REPEATEDLY. Please include this (or something similar) as a usage example in the docs! There are already 2 false bug reports filed from people who obviously misunderstood how these functions work: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=35584 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=22217 To figure this out just gave me an hour-long headache ;-) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40243&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40243&r=mysqlcfg