How to remove spaces in a string using preg_replace

Question

I am to remove the spaces between the initials and keep the space between initial and any word.

I would like to get this result. A.J.P. Jane B.V.

Instead I am getting this result A.J. P. Jane B. V.

$string = "A.J. P. Jane B. V.";

$string =  preg_replace('/\.\s\[A-z]{1}\./', '.', $string);

echo $string;

Possible duplicate of [To strip whitespaces inside a variable in PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1279774/to-strip-whitespaces-inside-a-variable-in-php) — Eli Stone, Jan 18 '16 at 15:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '16 at 15:07

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Use this rule \.\s([A-Z]{1})\. or \.\s([A-Z])\. without explicit limit to match [dot][space][letter][dot] and
replace with .$1., [dot][letter][dot]

$string =  preg_replace('#\.\s([A-Z]{1})\.#', '.$1.', $string);

echo $string;

Will output

A.J.P. Jane B.V.

answered Jan 18 '16 at 15:07

Alex Andrei

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Hi thanks. There is just one issue. There's a space between the . P. – user2635901 Jan 18 '16 at 15:13
The output I get is like I mentioned in the answer, make sure the code is the same – Alex Andrei Jan 18 '16 at 15:17
sorry you are correct, I was trying $string = "A. J. P. Jane B. V."; So I have another aspect to solve. – user2635901 Jan 18 '16 at 15:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '16 at 15:04

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Try this,

$string = preg_replace('/\s+/', '', $string);

answered Jan 18 '16 at 15:04

monirz

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this is not the result he wanted!! – B001ᛦ Jan 18 '16 at 15:07
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That removed all space. It should only remove some. the result should be A.J.P. Jane B.V. – user2635901 Jan 18 '16 at 15:07
see Alex Andreis answer – B001ᛦ Jan 18 '16 at 15:08

How to remove spaces in a string using preg_replace

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