RE: [PHP] Removing Returns / New Lines / Tabs / Extra Spaces from DB Results

$original_string = "bla\rbla   bla\t bla     bla    etc";

// this will replace all occurrences of any single or multiple space character (tab, new line, return, space...) with a single space char $cleaned_string = preg_replace("/[\s]+/"," ",$original_string);