cleaning up data in an array

[cyberkiller]

So I have an array with 10 items in it. How do I go about clearing all spaces before the data?

 

Ex:

Before:        jacob

After: jacob

 

Also some of the data looks like this, World of Warcraft Guide

 

How do I go about checking each value for this   and replacing it with a space if its there?

 

Thanks

[per1os]

<?php
$string = "World of Warcraft Guide";

$string = str_replace(' ', ' ', $string);

 

<?php
$string = '         jacob';
$string = trim($string, ' ');

 

www.php.net/trim

www.php.net/str_replace

[Barand]

Putting it all together

 

<?php

$ar = array (
      '        jacob',
      'Esau',
      'World of Warcraft Guide'
    );

foreach ($ar as $k => $val) {
    $ar[$k] = trim(str_replace(' ', ' ', $val));
}

/**
* check results
*/
echo '<pre>', print_r($ar, true), '</pre>';
?>

[cyberkiller]

Doesn't seem to work for me, here is what I used

 

foreach ($parsed as $k => $val) {
    $parsed[0][$k] = trim(str_replace(' ', ' ', $val)); }

 

No errors, just that the values still have the spaces and &#32

 

Where the 10 values are in, $parsed[0][0], $parsed[0][1], etc..

[boo_lolly]

if you would have used the code barand gave you, it would have worked.

[cyberkiller]

I did start out with barand's code, however I don't think he knew I was using a multi array (whatever their called), after playing with it,

 

foreach ($parsed[0] as $k => $val) {
$parsed[0][$k] = trim(str_replace(' ', ' ', $val));
}

 

Seems to work, it wasn't barand's fault he just didnt know how my array was setup.

[Barand]

Telepathy repairman calling next Friday

[boo_lolly]

I did start out with barand's code, however I don't think he knew I was using a multi array (whatever their called)...

 

you could have created a recursive function:

<?php
        function stripString($array){
                foreach($array as $key => $val){
                        if(is_array($val)){ stripString($val); }
                        $array[$key] = trim(str_replace(' ', ' ', $val));
                }
        }

        $ar = array (
              '        jacob',
              'Esau',
              'World of Warcraft Guide'
            );

        stripString($ar);
?>