RE: [PHP] Removing WhiteSpace

> the trim() functions should the trick > http://www.php.net/manual/function.trim.php > Manual says "Strip whitespace from the beginning and end of a string" I wish to replace duplicate spaces from the middle of the string with single spaces, without evaluating every single portion added. Something like the Unix sed command sed -e 's/ * / /g' is what I am trying to achieve The above command would turn "A B C D E F" into "A B C D E F G" > > > > >A bit lazy I guess, but I'm having trouble trying to replace multiple > spaces > >in a string. > > > >I'm concatenating variables from a form such as > >$string=$Salutation.$First_Name.$Initial.$Surname > >The string could be "Mr Grant Walters" and I want "Mr Grant Walters". > > > >I looked at preg_replace but don't really understand it. I keep getting > >empty strings. > > Regards GRANT WALTERS Walters & Associates, P O Box 13-043, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand Phone: +64 4 4765175 CellPhone: 025 488265