strip whitespace in php

Question

How to strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string ?

Inathi Gqola · Answer

Hello Billa To add on to what Priyaranjan has said above; http://php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php - Inathi Gqola

Priyaranjan K S · Answer

Hi Billa You can use the trim function to remove leading and trailing white space or other characters from the given string . Eg : $string = ' This is an example string ' ; echo trim ( $string ) ; Ref : http://php.net/trim http://www.paulund.co.uk/remove-characters-at-start-and-end-of-a-string-in-php Thanks Priyan If you found this useful Please Accept this as Answer .