August 23, 2011 coder
PHP
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,"x00..x1F");
// 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,"x00..x1F");
// trim the ASCII control characters at the end of $binary
// (from 0 to 31 inclusive)
?>
