note 43581 modified in function.str-replace by aidan

If you would like to convert tabs to spaces, you could use the code: <?php str_replace("\t", " ", $text); ?> However, sometimes this is not good enough. To be technically correct, a tab is not 4 spaces, a tab shifts the text to the next predefined column. Usually these predefined columns occur every 4 spaces from the start of the line. If you want to convert tabs to spaces while ensuring consistant formatting, try this function... http://aidan.dotgeek.org/lib/?file=function.tab2space.php --was-- If you would like to convert tabs to spaces, you could use the code: <?php str_replace("\t", " ", $text); ?> However, sometimes this is not good enough. To be technically correct, a tab is not 4 spaces, a tab shifts the text to the next predefined column. Usually these predefined columns occur every 4 spaces from the start of the line. If you want to convert tabs to spaces while ensuring consistant formatting, try this function... http://ircphp.com/users/imho/?file=function.tab2space.php http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php