How can i strip / remove all spaces of a string in PHP?
Say i have a string like $string = "this is my string";
the output should be like "thisismystring"
How can i do that?
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A:
Do you just mean spaces or all whitespace?
For just spaces, use str_replace:
$string = str_replace(' ', '', $string);
For all whitespace, use preg_replace:
$string = preg_replace('/\s+/', '', $string);
(From here).
Mark Byers
2010-01-21 13:04:46
whitespaces is what i want to remove
streetparade
2010-01-21 13:06:21
Thanks this worked for me
streetparade
2010-01-21 13:07:07
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A:
If you want to remove all whitespace:
$str = preg_replace('/\s+/', '', $str);
See the 5th example on the preg_replace documentation. (Note I originally copied that here.)
Edit: commenters pointed out, and are correct, that str_replace is better than preg_replace if you really just want to remove the space character. The reason to use preg_replace would be to remove all whitespace (including tabs, etc.).
Arkaaito
2010-01-21 13:05:25
»If you don't need fancy replacing rules (like regular expressions), you should always use this function [`str_replace`] instead of `ereg_replace()` or `preg_replace()`.«
Joey
2010-01-21 13:06:48
I would not suggest using regular expressions for simple space removal. str_replace for just spaces, preg_replace for all whitespace.
Peter Perháč
2010-01-21 13:08:28
GreenMatt
2010-01-21 13:08:29
Good point, Johannes. I went for preg_replace() because I misread the question, and thought what he meant was whitespace generally (not necessarily the specific space character).
Arkaaito
2010-01-21 13:08:34
\s\s+ should match only 2 or more whitespace characters, so I don't think this will remove all whitespace.
Mark Byers
2010-01-21 13:15:38
Hopelessly broken this one, will remove 2 or more whitespaces, not single, as requested in the example.
ChaosR
2010-01-21 13:20:28
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A:
str_replace will do the trick thusly
$new_str = str_replace(' ', '', $old_str);
David Heggie
2010-01-21 13:05:40
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A:
If you know the white space is only due to spaces, you can use:
$string = str_replace(' ','',$string);
But if it could be due to space, tab...you can use:
$string = preg_replace('/\s+/','',$string);
codaddict
2010-01-21 13:05:47