Re: ereg_replace for whitespace?

Jeremy, I'm not sure why you are escaping the space, I think it will work without it. Am I missing something? I'd do this: $string = ereg_replace("[\t ]+"," ",$string); Tabs are whitespace, too, and I've had trouble with them. Hans On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, jeremy brand wrote: > This is probably what you want. > > ereg_replace('\ +', ' ', $$userd[fname]); > > So I need to remove all traces of whitespace from a string except for > > single whitespaces... > > > > Example: > > from "this is too much whitespace you see " > > to "this is too much whitespace you see " > > the latter being the desired string > > > > I was given > > $fname = ereg_replace("\s+", " ", $userd[fname]); > > as a suggestion, however it removes all 's'es from the string. Hans Anderson ~ me@hansanderson.com PO Box 426, Missoula, MT 59806 | PHP, Search Engines, SQL (800)397-9116 / (406)549-6524 | Databases, Flash Multimedia, http://www.hansanderson.com | Killer Audio Production, http://www.goofiness.com | Minty Fresh Breath.