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davil · Dec 12th, 2007, 7:05 AM

I want to replace double spaces with single spaces.

I have been able to do this before :

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$new_string=str_replace("  "," ",$old_string)
$new_string=str_replace("  "," ",$old_string)

this worked or I thought it did anyway with other strings but I'm guessing there's something in the problem string that I'm not seeing

anyway to get to the point this is what I have:

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//  $cpu_type  comes in from MySQL database as: "Genuine Intel  T2300" - note
//             the double space after Intel
 
echo $cpu_type;
 
$cpu_type = str_replace("\t"," ",$cpu_type);
$cpu_type = str_replace("  "," ",$cpu_type);
 
echo $cpu_type;
//  $cpu_type  comes in from MySQL database as: "Genuine Intel  T2300" - note
//             the double space after Intel

echo $cpu_type;

$cpu_type = str_replace("\t"," ",$cpu_type);
$cpu_type = str_replace("  "," ",$cpu_type);

echo $cpu_type;

the code above echoes the same before and after the str_replace command. What am I missing? it's definitely two spaces but as you can see I've even tried replacing a tab in case that's what it was... Are there any other characters it could be???

Dec 12th, 2007, 7:05 AM	#1
davil Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	Removing double spaces with str_replace I want to replace double spaces with single spaces. I have been able to do this before : php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) $new_string=str_replace(" "," ",$old_string) $new_string=str_replace(" "," ",$old_string) this worked or I thought it did anyway with other strings but I'm guessing there's something in the problem string that I'm not seeing anyway to get to the point this is what I have: php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) // $cpu_type comes in from MySQL database as: "Genuine Intel T2300" - note // the double space after Intel echo $cpu_type; $cpu_type = str_replace("\t"," ",$cpu_type); $cpu_type = str_replace(" "," ",$cpu_type); echo $cpu_type; // $cpu_type comes in from MySQL database as: "Genuine Intel T2300" - note // the double space after Intel echo $cpu_type; $cpu_type = str_replace("\t"," ",$cpu_type); $cpu_type = str_replace(" "," ",$cpu_type); echo $cpu_type; the code above echoes the same before and after the str_replace command. What am I missing? it's definitely two spaces but as you can see I've even tried replacing a tab in case that's what it was... Are there any other characters it could be???