Cybot, try this ....
function string_dryclean($dirtystring) {
$cleanstring = str_replace("\n", " ", $dirtystring);
$cleanstring = trim(str_replace("\t", " ", $cleanstring));
do {
$cleanstring = str_replace(" ", " ", $cleanstring);
} while (strpos($cleanstring, " ") > 0);
return $cleanstring;
}
use it like this...
$ugly_evil_string = " hello \n\n \n\t world \n\n\t ";
$decent_law_abiding_string = string_dryclean($ugly_evil_string);
----- Original Message -----
From: "cybot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Something like trim()
> is there no more complicated solution for this? ;-)
>
> nothing for bad!
>
> B.A.T. Svensson wrote:
> > Something like (not tested and compiled - please find the bugs :))
> > will remove white space dups:
> >
> > char *TrimInString(char *pzWashMe)
> > {
> > if (!pzWashMe) return NULL;
> >
> > register char *pzMarker = pzWashMe;
> > bool bStillTrimingString = false;
> >
> > while (StrReplacee("\t", " ", pzMarkerrReplacee("\n", " ", pzMarker))
> > ;;
> >
> > while (*pzMarker) { // loop 1
> > bool bStillTrimingString = false;
> >
> > while (*pzMarker && !isspace(*(pzMarker++)) // loop 2
> > ;;
> >
> > register int nIndex = 0;
> > while (isspace(*(pzMarker+nIndex++)) { // loop 3
> > bStillTrimingString = true;
> > }
> >
> > if (nIndex) {
> > strcpy(pzMarker, (pzMarker + nIndex));
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > return pzMarker;
> >
> > }
> >
> > First it replace tabs and newlines with blank spaces, then
> > the function will scann the string after a whitespace (loop 2).
> > If it finds one. Then it will try to justify the hypothese H that
> > this white space is followed by another white space (loop 3). If
> > H is true it will count the number of whitepace, and then move
> > the moving down data to just leave the first white space left.
> >
> > After that it falls into loop 1 again and check if we reach the
> > end of the string or not, if not, we do all the things once again.
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Bobo Wieland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:26 AM
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Subject: [PHP-WIN] Something like trim()
> >>
> >>
> >>Is there an easy way to get rid off white space characters in a string?
Like
> >>trim() but for the whole string and leaving single white spaces as they
are
> >>but removing all occurences of '\t','\n' and ' '(leaving a single '
> >>')...
> >>
> >>I've tried the manual but couldn't find anything...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>. bobo . www.elstudion.com . www.elstudion.com/bobo .
> >>
> >>
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