Re: how to strip empty lines out of a txt using preg_replace()

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the problem is some have got \t\n
some are just \n\n....\n

using PHP_EOL is a must

I thing must be something with the /../sm attributes to the regex, spend
like half an hour, but didn't get it, I'm running against a dead line,
doesn't seem to be that easy if regex is not the everydays need u have


"Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1252071327.24700.152.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 15:28 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote:
> > ok
> >  preg_replace( "/^\s*$/m", "", $somestring)
> > does not take empty lines out
> >
> > "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1252069539.24700.150.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 14:58 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote:
> > > > Hi all, I'm a bit under stress, maybe somebody knows the regex on a
> > snap.
> > > > using PHP_EOL would be great.
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > > ralph_deffke@xxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > The regex that would match a line containing only whitespace would
look
> > > like this:
> > >
> > > ^\s*$
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ash
> > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> Are the lines actually whitespace, or are they actually <br/> tags that
> are inserting lines to format the page for HTML display?
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
>



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