Hellorgh !! $ArticleText = ereg_replace("[[:space:]].*", " ", $ArticleText); Should be fine... But AFAIK, using preg_replace should be faster, but I don't know the exact syntax to solve your probem :-( -- Nayco
----- Original Message ----- From: David Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: php-general <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:15 PM Subject: [PHP] replacing multiple spaces with one > Hi all > > (easy one - I think) > > I need to replace all instances of multiple spaces in a string with a > single space. > > I tries the following: > $ArticleText = str_replace(' ', ' ', $ArticleText); > but if I have four spaces, I am left with two - this is wrong... > > I am sure that I am really looking for a ereg_replace or preg_replace, > but having no c/perl programming background, I do not know either perl > or standard regex syntax. > > Could someone tell me what the correct ereg/preg expression for this > would be? I would also like a pointer to regex syntax, if someone knows > offhand. > > Thanks > > David R > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php