note 87164 modified in function.trim by danbrown

From: Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:18:12 +0000
Subject: note 87164 modified in function.trim by danbrown
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A simple function to clear extra white spaces along a string. <?php function TrimStr($str) { $str = trim($str); for($i=0;$i < strlen($str);$i++) { if(substr($str, $i, 1) != " ") { $ret_str .= trim(substr($str, $i, 1)); } else { while(substr($str,$i,1) == " ") { $i++; } $ret_str.= " "; $i--; // *** } } return $ret_str; } ?> [EDIT BY danbrown AT php DOT net: Contains a fix provided by (info AT deep-soft DOT com) to address the issue where "it deletes the first char after spaces (because of while)."] --was-- A simple function to clear extra white spaces along a string. <?php function TrimStr($str) { $str = trim($str); for($i=0;$i < strlen($str);$i++) { if(substr($str, $i, 1) != " ") { $ret_str .= trim(substr($str, $i, 1)); } else { while(substr($str,$i,1) == " ") { $i++; } $ret_str.= " "; } } return $ret_str; } ?> http://php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php

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