Re: Agh! trim (#$@#@^%!!!)

Sorry, just saw Rasmus' reply, lso I didn't read your code entirely, noticed you specified for the period to be chopped off :) Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Lewis" <jeff@hyrum.net> To: "Mike At Spy" <spycobalt@spyproductions.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Agh! trim (#$@#@^%!!!) > Trim clears whitespace not characters (I'm pretty sure), try using this to > rid yourself of the period: > > $trimmed = substr($date, 0, -1); // returns everything but that last > character (the period) > > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike At Spy" <spycobalt@spyproductions.com> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:35 PM > Subject: [PHP] Agh! trim (#$@#@^%!!!) > > > > > > Hey! > > > > :) > > > > I have an issue with trim / triml. Whenever I put a string in to trimmed, > > it refuses to take the period at the end of the string off. > > > > I did put more things to trim first, but this is basically what I am > doing: > > > > > > $single = "The date is 20-Aug-2002." // This is an example - see below > > $trimmed = rtrim($date, "."); > > > > > > Is there an issue with this? I've tried using trim() too. > > > > The source of $single is a reponse from a server. I should note that when > I > > put this in as an experiment, it works fine. When I get the line from the > > server, it doesn't work! > > > > The only thing I can think of is the possibility that the "." I am seeing > at > > the end of the line isn't really one (it looks like a duck, copies like a > > duck, but...isn't a duck??!!). > > > > Is there a way to just strip the last character off regardless of what it > > is? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >