(PHP 4, PHP 5)
trim — Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
This function returns a string with whitespace stripped from the beginning and end of str . Without the second parameter, trim() will strip these characters:
The string that will be trimmed.
Optionally, the stripped characters can also be specified using the charlist parameter. Simply list all characters that you want to be stripped. With .. you can specify a range of characters.
The trimmed string.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.1.0 | The optional charlist parameter was added. |
Example#1 Usage example of trim()
<?php
$text = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ... ";
$binary = "\x09Example string\x0A";
$hello = "Hello World";
var_dump($text, $binary, $hello);
print "\n";
$trimmed = trim($text);
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = trim($text, " \t.");
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = trim($hello, "Hdle");
var_dump($trimmed);
// trim the ASCII control characters at the beginning and end of $binary
// (from 0 to 31 inclusive)
$clean = trim($binary, "\x00..\x1F");
var_dump($clean);
?>
The above example will output:
string(32) " These are a few words :) ... "
string(16) " Example string
"
string(11) "Hello World"
string(28) "These are a few words :) ..."
string(24) "These are a few words :)"
string(5) "o Wor"
string(14) "Example string"
Example#2 Trimming array values with trim()
<?php
function trim_value(&$value)
{
$value = trim($value);
}
$fruit = array('apple','banana ', ' cranberry ');
var_dump($fruit);
array_walk($fruit, 'trim_value');
var_dump($fruit);
?>
The above example will output:
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(5) "apple"
[1]=>
string(7) "banana "
[2]=>
string(11) " cranberry "
}
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(5) "apple"
[1]=>
string(6) "banana"
[2]=>
string(9) "cranberry"
}