PHP - remove spaces infront of text inside of a string

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Okay, this is probably a pretty basic problem but I can't solve it.

I have a String like this one: ' This is a text' and now I wan't to remove the spaces infront of the first character of the string. I tried using preg_replace but I can only remove all the spaces using that function. Does anyone have an idea how I can remove just the spaces infront of my Text?

Just use PHP's [`trim()`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php) function; *done like dinner.* — Funk Forty Niner, Dec 01 '14 at 16:37
You *can* remove only leading spaces with a regular expression (just search for `/^\s+/`). But of course you don't need to. — Álvaro González, Dec 01 '14 at 16:38
@JayBlanchard Thanks for the hyperlink; saved me from getting the URL ;) — Funk Forty Niner, Dec 01 '14 at 16:39
Googling your question's title led me to the question's closure link. Something you could have easily done. — Funk Forty Niner, Dec 01 '14 at 16:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '14 at 16:38

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Use trim:

echo trim(' This is a text '); // 'This is a text'

If you want to preserve any spaces at the end of the string, use ltrim:

echo ltrim(' This is a text '); // 'This is a text '

Similarly, although not your question, you can preserve any spaces at the beginning of the string by using rtrim:

echo rtrim(' This is a text '); // ' This is a text'

answered Dec 01 '14 at 16:38

Mooseman

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If it it's *only* the left side you want, (for example, you wanted to keep spaces on the right side), use "left trim": $var = ltrim($string); – Kevin_Kinsey Dec 01 '14 at 16:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 01 '14 at 16:39

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Use the trim() function:

$str = trim($str)

See the PHP manual: http://php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php

answered Dec 01 '14 at 16:39

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