Re: replacing multiple spaces with one
| From: | nico_free | Date: | Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:33:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: replacing multiple spaces with one | ||
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Hellorgh !!
$ArticleText = ereg_replace("[[:space:]].*", " ", $ArticleText);
Should be fine... But AFAIK, using preg_replace should be faster, but I
don't know the exact syntax to solve your probem :-(
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Nayco
----- Original Message -----
From: David Russell <DavidR@BarloworldOptimus.com>
To: php-general <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:15 PM
Subject: [PHP] replacing multiple spaces with one
> Hi all
>
> (easy one - I think)
>
> I need to replace all instances of multiple spaces in a string with a
> single space.
>
> I tries the following:
> $ArticleText = str_replace(' ', ' ', $ArticleText);
> but if I have four spaces, I am left with two - this is wrong...
>
> I am sure that I am really looking for a ereg_replace or preg_replace,
> but having no c/perl programming background, I do not know either perl
> or standard regex syntax.
>
> Could someone tell me what the correct ereg/preg expression for this
> would be? I would also like a pointer to regex syntax, if someone knows
> offhand.
>
> Thanks
>
> David R
>
>
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