Re: Removing Empty Lines from Text??

$var = preg_replace("/[\r\n]+/","\n",$var); "Jason Caldwell" <jason@thinkingman.org> wrote in message news:20020624092800.72949.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > neither worked. any other suggestions? > > > "Bb" <ben@themidwestgroup.com> wrote in message > news:20020624092258.64554.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > replace that with > > $var = preg_replace("/\n+/","\n",$var); > > > > "Bb" <ben@themidwestgroup.com> wrote in message > > news:20020624085330.17038.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > > $var = preg_replace("/\n*/","\n",$var); > > > "Jason Caldwell" <jason@thinkingman.org> wrote in message > > > news:20020624085200.11128.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > > > Is there an elegant way to remove excess blank lines from my form > data? > > > > > > > > For example; if someone enters the following text and then press' the > > > > Submit button: > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > This is a some text > > > > > > > > > > > > This is more text, and yet even more.... > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > What I want to do is remove the excess white space and make it look > like > > > > this? > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > This is a some text > > > > > > > > This is more text, and yet even more.... > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > My users may press <enter> too many times and I want to ensure clean > > text > > > > and formatting. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >