On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 16:59 +0100, David Otton wrote: > 2009/10/25 Jeffry Lunggot <jeffry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi, > > > > how to replace many spaces in any string of character with one space? > > $str = preg_replace('/\s\s+/', ' ', $str); > $str = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $str); You don't need both space characters, as the + symbol matches one or more, which is just what you want. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk