Question

How to replace multiple spaces in a string with a single space between words in PHP

Answer 1

function replaceMultipleSpaces($str) {
    // Use preg_replace to replace multiple spaces with a single space
    $output = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $str);

    // Trim leading and trailing spaces (optional)
    $output = trim($output);

    return $output;
}

$str = "   This   is    a   string   with   multiple    spaces   ";

$output = replaceMultipleSpaces($str);

echo "\"$output\"\n";



/*
run:

"This is a string with multiple spaces"

*/

 

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