tedd wrote:
> Hi gang:
>
> I have a
>
> $submit = $_POST['submit'];
>
> The string contains:
>
> A
>
> (it's there to make a submit button wider)
>
> How can I strip out the " " from the $submit string leaving "A"?
>
> I've tried
>
> trim($submit);
>
> but, that don't work.
>
> Neither does:
>
> $submit = str_replace(' ','',$submit);
>
> or this:
>
> $submit = str_replace(' ';','',$submit);
>
> I should know what to do, but in this case I don't.
>
> Help is always appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
The problem is, is that you are not getting
A
when you submit your form.
It is being URL encoded by the browser and you are actually getting
 %20 %20 %20 A %20 %20 %20 
So, what you need to do is this
$submit = urldecode($submit);// This will take care of the %20 for spaces
$submit = str_replace(' ','',$submit); // This takes out the encoded entities
That should take care of your problem.
Here is a note from teh html_entity_decode page:
Note: You might wonder why trim(html_entity_decode(' ')); doesn't reduce the string to an empty
string, that's because the ' ' entity is not ASCII code 32 (which is stripped by trim()) but
ASCII code 160 (0xa0) in the default ISO 8859-1 characterset.
/note
So, you might try replacing the with ASCII 160 char. I found that if you hold down the alt
key and press 160 on your keyboard, it will create that char for you. you could also do a chr(160)
and get it in PHP.
--
Jim Lucas
"Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon them."
Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
by William Shakespeare
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