Re: Strip whitespaces

preg_replace('/\s\s+/', ' ', $str)

But, if you have a single whitespace character other than space (eg.
tab), it'll be retained.

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com
<dave@widepixels.com> wrote:
> I am saving a field in a form and just messing around by
> entering  A        B           C
> After the save the data is displayed as A B C ...ok fine
>
> Go back to edit what i entered and it shows up as A        B           C
>
>
> in my controller:
> $clean = new Sanitize();
>        // Sanitize the data
>        $this->data = $clean->clean($this->data);
>
> How can i strip out all extra spaces only allowing 1 between words?
> Preferably before the save so it is cleaned up before the database.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
> >
>

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