Or use ltrim(). $input = ltrim($input); Removes leading white space from a string. On October 29, 2016 10:02:56 AM EDT, Narcis Garcia <informatica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >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 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.