note 92299 added to function.trim

Andrew's chaining of trim below will not work as he thinks: <?php $str = trim(trim($str), './@#$'); ?> This will NOT trim whitespace AND the ./@#$ characters. First it will trim whitespace, then it will trim the ./@#$ characters off that. So if you had a string ' $#sometext #$' it would become 'sometext '. You would end up with whitespace you thought you were getting rid of. If you wish to specify characters in addition to what trim removes by default, you must specify ALL characters you want trim to remove in a single call to trim. <?php $str = trim($str, " \t\n\r\0\x0B./@#\$"); ?> ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 67.88.116.250 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/92299 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92299/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92299/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92299/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92299/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92299/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92299/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92299 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/92299 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php