[SOLVED] Replace Multiple Spaces With One Space

[papaface]

Hello,

 

I am trying to search a string for a particular occurrence however I want it to work regardless of spaces.

 

This is the code I have currently:

   $string = "Hello I am papa_face.";

   $pos = strpos($string, "I am papa_face");
   if ($pos !== false)
      echo "Contains the string.";
      else
      echo "Does NOT contain the string.";

Obviously in this example the string does contain the search term so it returns "Contains the string."

 

However if I change the string to:

   $string = "Hello I am                 papa_face.";

   $pos = strpos($string, "I am papa_face");
   if ($pos !== false)
      echo "Contains the string.";
      else
      echo "Does NOT contain the string.";

The string is not found. How can I get around this?

[jackpf]

As you stated in the subject of this topic, you can replace white space. You could try completely removing white space in both strings with something like this:

 

$string = str_replace(' ', '', $string);
//or with regex maybe?
$string = preg_replace('/\s/', '', $string);

[papaface]

Thanks

That worked

[jackpf]

Cool