Re: how to strip empty lines out of a txt using preg_replace()

On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 15:37 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote: > the problem is some have got \t\n > some are just \n\n....\n > > using PHP_EOL is a must > > I thing must be something with the /../sm attributes to the regex, spend > like half an hour, but didn't get it, I'm running against a dead line, > doesn't seem to be that easy if regex is not the everydays need u have > > > "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1252071327.24700.152.camel@localhost... > > On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 15:28 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote: > > > ok > > > preg_replace( "/^\s*$/m", "", $somestring) > > > does not take empty lines out > > > > > > "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote in message > > > news:1252069539.24700.150.camel@localhost... > > > > On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 14:58 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote: > > > > > Hi all, I'm a bit under stress, maybe somebody knows the regex on a > > > snap. > > > > > using PHP_EOL would be great. > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > ralph_deffke@yahoo.de > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The regex that would match a line containing only whitespace would > look > > > > like this: > > > > > > > > ^\s*$ > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ash > > > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are the lines actually whitespace, or are they actually <br/> tags that > > are inserting lines to format the page for HTML display? > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > If it is just made up of \t and \n then \s in the regex should match it, as it's meant to match just whitespace characters. Where are you getting the content from anyway? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk