Remove Spaces from Middle of String

This works, but I was wondering if this was the best way to accomplish this or not. I'm trying to remove any extra spaces (not whitespace like carriage returns) from the middle of a string.... mainly for times where people put extra spaces after periods in paragraph. while(preg_match('/ /',$data)) { $data = str_replace(" "," ",$data); } Is there a better way to accomplish this same task? (PHP 4.x). Thanks. -- Kevin Murphy Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services Western Nevada Community College www.wncc.edu 775-445-3326