Simple Question

[stig1]

Simple question, probably even more simple answer.

 

How can you check a string that is returned from a database that if it has more than 1 space between words, that it will then remove the extra spaces.

 

For example... Made from quality thermal paper treated on one side to produce an image from    heat.

 

Should be.. Made from quality thermal paper treated on one side to produce an image from heat.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[genericnumber1]

The simplest way:

 

<?php
$testString = 'Made from quality thermal paper treated on one side to produce an image from    heat.';
echo preg_replace('/ +/', ' ', $testString);
?>

 

If you don't mind it removing line breaks you can do \s instead of the space inside of the regex pattern (It's certainly more readable).