Re: Catch line indentation

Try with 1 instead of 0 or drop the "(" and ")". On Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 08:13 Narcis Garcia <informatica@actiu.net> wrote: > I've seen that, for some rare strings, neither of those work as > expected. Finally I've choosen the "procedural" method (more clear and > secure to work): > > $s = ' <table>...</table>'; > $indentation = mb_substr($s, 0, mb_strlen($s) - mb_strlen(ltrim($s))); > > Thanks to everyone for the ideas and help. > > > El 29/10/16 a les 16:02, Narcis Garcia ha escrit: > > Those two expressions are the only that work: > > > > preg_replace('/^(\s*)\S*/','${1}',' > > <table>...</table>') > > preg_filter('/^(\s*)\S*/','${1}',' > > <table>...</table>') > > > > Which one of those functions is the best to be used for this case? > > > > > > El 29/10/16 a les 07:52, richard gray ha escrit: > >> On 28/10/2016 14:15, Christoph M. Becker wrote: > >>> > >>> Shouldn't that be > >>> > >>> ^( *)[^ ] > >>> > >>> instead? > >>> > >> or maybe even ..? > >> > >> ^(\s*) > >> > >> Rich > >> > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >