note 114123 added to function.trim

This function trims regular expressions from strings. <?php function preg_trim( $string, $pattern ) { $pattern = array( "/^" . $pattern . "*/", "/" . $pattern . "*$/" ); return preg_replace( $pattern, "", $string ); } ?> The following example outputs "Hello, world": <?php $hello = " ...%20Hello, world!"; echo preg_trim( $hello, "[^a-zA-Z]" ); ?> ---- Server IP: 201.216.232.240 Probable Submitter: 194.74.168.146 (proxied: 194.74.168.146) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114123 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114123/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114123/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114123/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114123/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114123/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114123/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114123 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114123 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php