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Trim Function



Trim Function

Left - ltrim() function 
<?php 

$text = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ...  "; 
$trimmed = ltrim($text); 
// $trimmed = "These are a few words :) ...  " 
$trimmed = ltrim($text," \t."); 
// $trimmed = "These are a few words :) ...  " 
$clean = ltrim($binary,"\0x00..\0x1F"); 
// trim the ASCII control characters at the beginning of $binary 
// (from 0 to 31 inclusive) 

?> 

Right - rtrim() function 
<?php 

$text = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ...  "; 
$trimmed = rtrim($text); 
// $trimmed = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ..." 
$trimmed = rtrim($text," \t."); 
// $trimmed = "\t\tThese are a few words :)" 
$clean = rtrim($binary,"\0x00..\0x1F"); 
// trim the ASCII control characters at the end of $binary 
// (from 0 to 31 inclusive) 

?>