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

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On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 15:45 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote:
> I'm working on DTD's
> 
> "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1252071932.24700.153.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 15:37 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote:
> > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > If it is just made up of \t and \n then \s in the regex should match it,
> > as it's meant to match just whitespace characters. Where are you getting
> > the content from anyway?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ash
> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
OK, but where are they coming from? Are they as external files or what?

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk




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