RE: [PHP] Agh! trim (#$@#@^%!!!)

But isn't taking off characters or spaces considered modifying a string? I'll take another look at the manual, thanks. -Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Darren Gamble [mailto:Darren.Gamble@sjrb.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:32 AM > To: 'Mike At Spy'; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Agh! trim (#$@#@^%!!!) > > > Good day, > > Well, for one, you are discarding the results of trim(). > > Check out the online manual page for trim(). The trim'ed string is > returned. It does not say it modifies the string it is passed. > > ============================ > Darren Gamble > Planner, Regional Services > Shaw Cablesystems GP > 630 - 3rd Avenue SW > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > T2P 4L4 > (403) 781-4948 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike At Spy [mailto:spycobalt@spyproductions.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:12 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Agh! trim (#$@#@^%!!!) > > > > > > > > Here is the complete code - I have a lot of prints to watch > > things as they > > happen. $whois is the result of a WHOIS search. > > > > > > > > // beginning of my stuff > > > > function get_date ($whois){ > > trim ($whois); > > $whoisarray = explode ("\n", $whois); > > print_r(array_values ($whoisarray)); > > > > $total_elements = count ($whoisarray); > > > > print "<p><b>$total_elements</b> elements in this array"; > > > > $ce = 0; > > > > while ($ce < $total_elements){ > > > > $single_line = array_pop ($whoisarray); > > > > $expiration = strstr ($single_line,"xpires"); > > > > if ($expiration != '' || 0) { > > > > print "<p><b>This is the line you want! Line $ce that sez: > > $single_line</b><p>"; > > > > // $single_line = preg_replace (".", " ", $single_line); > > > > $single_line = substr($single_line, 0, -2); > > > > // $single_line = rtrim ($single_line," \t\s\n\r"); > > > > $getdatearray = explode (" ", $single_line); > > print_r(array_values ($getdatearray)); > > > > $total_expire_elements = count ($getdatearray); > > > > print "<p><br>".$total_expire_elements; > > > > $dc = 0; > > > > while ($dc < $total_expire_elements){ > > > > $element = array_pop($getdatearray); > > > > $date_dash = strstr($element,"-"); > > > > if ($date_dash != '' || 0){ > > > > print "<p><br>First Detection > > ".$element; > > > > // $trimmed = rtrim ($element," \t."); > > > > print "<p><br>Last print before > > date function ".$element; > > > > month_replace ($element); > > > > print "<p><br>Result after function > > ".$element."<p><br>"; > > > > $MySQLDate=date_validate($element); > > if (substr($MySQLDate, 0, 5)=="Error") { > > // Insert Error Code if you want > > } else { > > // Insert Valid Date Code if you want > > } > > > > print "<p>The MySQL Formated date is > > $MySQLDate"; > > > > > > } > > else {} > > > > $dc++; > > > > } > > > > > > } > > else {} > > > > $ce++; > > > > } > > > > } > > // end of my stuff > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jason Wong [mailto:php-general@gremlins.com.hk] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 8:53 AM > > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Agh! trim (#$@#@^%!!!) > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 21 August 2002 20:36, Mike At Spy wrote: > > > > Get this - it didn't work! :( > > > > > > > > I tried decreasing the -1 to -2 and so on, but nothing on that > > > either. :( > > > > > > Post your exact code which didn't work. > > > > > > -- > > > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > > > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > > > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications > > Development * > > > > > > /* > > > You can't go home again, unless you set $HOME. > > > */ > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >