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

Instead of trim($str), you need: $str = trim($str); Justin French on 22/08/02 12:44 AM, Mike At Spy (spycobalt@spyproductions.com) wrote: > > 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 >> >