note 106406 added to function.trim

trim_chars (trim string or character off beginning and end of a string) function trim_chars($string,$char,$whitespace_first=null){ $string = ($whitespace_first ? trim($string) : $string); $trimmed = ( substr($string,-1)==$char ? substr($string,($string[0]==$char ? 1 : 0),-1) : substr($string,($string[0]==$char ? 1 : 0)) ); return ( $trimmed == $string ? $trimmed : trim_str($trimmed,$char) ); } usage: echo trim_chars('&%$abc&%$', '&%$'); echo trim_chars(' &%$abc&%$ ', '&%$', true); echo trim_chars(' %%%abc%%% ', '&%$', false); echo trim_chars('&%$abc&%$ ', '&%$', false); outputs: 'abc' 'abc' ' &%$abc&%$ ' 'abc&%$ ' ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 75.187.206.218 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/106406 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106406/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106406/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106406/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106406/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106406/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106406/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106406 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/106406 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php