Posted by www.douglassdavis.com on 10/03/05 16:17

Andrew @ Rockface wrote:
> www.douglassdavis.com wrote:
> > lets say I have a line of text with multiple spaces between each word..
> > I am not sure how many spaces. I would like to take the line of text,
> > and change it to put only one space between the words.
>
> If you just want to replace multiple blanks between words try:
> $string = preg_replace("/\s+/", " ", $string);
>

much better... thanks.

> > So, my idea was to split it on the spaces, then implode it with one
> > space between each word.
> >
> > But, this doesn't work:
> >
> > preg_split("/\\s*/","test test test test")
>
> Replace * with +

I hadn't thought of that... makes sense.

[Back to original message]