> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Quadling [mailto:rquadling@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:44 AM > To: admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: newline and return issues in string > > On 11 October 2011 12:58, <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have come across an issue with my string that I would like to find > a > > faster way to resolve. > > > > It seems there are new lines and returns at different positions of > the > > string. > > > > > > > > First I exploded on the new line explode(“\n”, $ string) > > > > This gave me a nice array but when I try to implode I get the new > lines > > again. > > > > There is not a consistent position and there seems to be some hidden > returns > > in the array as well. > > > > > > > > Is there a way, or has someone written a filter that would allow me > to > > remove all the newlines and returns from the array or string. > > > > Understand I have resolved this issue but I think I have to be going > about > > this the hard way because it is just too complex . > > > > > > > > FYI > > > > $filter = array("\r\n", "\n", "\r"); > > > > str_replace($filter,’’,$string) ß this is useless in this situation I > have > > tried and it does not change the string at all. > > You don't want to remove them. You want to replace them with a > constant. > > $lines = explode(PHP_EOL, str_replace($filter, PHP_EOL, $string)); > > for example. > > > > > > -- > Richard Quadling > Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc > @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea Richard I am not sure I understand what that is doing it made things 300% worse. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php