Replacing multiple spaces with a single space simple single line of php code:
$output = preg_replace(‘/\s+/’, ‘ ‘, $input);
This mean that spaces, tabs or line breaks (one or more) will be replaced by a single space.
Replace multiple spaces with one space:
$output = preg_replace(‘/\s+/’, ‘ ‘, $input);
Replace one or multiple tabs with one space:
$output = preg_replace(‘/\t+/’, ‘ ‘, $input);
Replace one or multiple new lines with one space:
$output = preg_replace(‘/\n\r+/’, ‘ ‘, $input);
Find more about regular expressions at
http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html
Examples:
\d, \w and \s
Shorthand character classes matching digits, word characters (letters, digits, and underscores), and whitespace (spaces, tabs, and line breaks).
<?php
$str = "This is a string with
spaces, tabs and newlines present";
$stripped = preg_replace(array('/\s{2,}/', '/[\t\n]/'), ' ', $str);
echo $str;
echo "\n---\n";
echo "$stripped";
?>
$ro = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $row['message']);