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Posted by Al on 06/29/96 11:37
Al wrote:
> John Nichel wrote:
>
>> Carl Furst wrote:
>>
>>> Ok I am so stumped.. I'm doing something stupid and I can't figure it
>>> out..
>>>
>>> Here's the code:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>>
>>> $eml = 'hiddenemailadddress@hiddendomain.net
>>> ceo';
>>> if (strpos($eml, ' ')) echo "yep, there are spaces\n"; //does strpos
>>> see the
>>> spaces?
>>> echo preg_replace('/\s/', '', $eml); //WTF? Preg_replace does not?
>>> echo "$eml\n";
>>>
>>>
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> As you can see there are a bunch of spaces in that email address. I'm
>>> trying
>>> to use preg_replace to get rid of them. Strpos sees the spaces and
>>> the first
>>> echo statement is executed. The second echo prints nothing and the third
>>> prints the original $eml with nothing substituted.
>>>
>>> Can anyone see why the perl reg isn't seeing the spaces?
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>
>> Working fine on my end (copy/pasted your code)
>>
>
>
> $eml= trim($eml);
>
> $pattern= "%\s%"; //I use % as delimiters, more obvious for
> me when debugging
>
> if(preg_match($pattern, $eml) echo "yep, there are spaces\n";
>
> preg_replace($pattern, '', $eml); echo "works now\n";
Sorry, left off the new $eml
$eml= preg_replace($pattern, '', $eml); echo "works now\n";
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