Those two expressions are the only that work: preg_replace('/^(\s*)\S*/','${1}',' <table>...</table>') preg_filter('/^(\s*)\S*/','${1}',' <table>...</table>') Which one of those functions is the best to be used for this case? El 29/10/16 a les 07:52, richard gray ha escrit: > On 28/10/2016 14:15, Christoph M. Becker wrote: >> >> Shouldn't that be >> >> ^( *)[^ ] >> >> instead? >> > or maybe even ..? > > ^(\s*) > > Rich > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php