function RemoveWhiteSpaces($str = '')
{
$search = array ("'([\r\n])'");
$replace = array ("\n");
$str = preg_replace ($search, $replace, $str);
return $str;
}
Just a thought:
1. Read contents of the file (file() and implode() in php) so that the
contents are contained in an array
2. foreach (lines as linenum => line) line = RemoveWhiteSpaces(line);
3. fwrite back to file
that's a rough idea..
hope it helps,
nadim attari
==============================================
This may not be exaxtly PHP-DB related but it is a result of screwing
something up <grin>.
I pulled a bunch of data from a DOS formatted tab seperated file and now I
am
dumping back out into a text file (on linux).
So, as you can imagine, I ended up with a bunch of ^M throughout the file.
I
plan on fixing this. The solution is easy enough. I just need to remember
to open the text files in vim and save as unix files.
However, I now have an immediate need. I want to open these five files in
vim
and find and replace the ^M in every instance. I know how to find and
replace (:g/find//s/replace/g). But I cannot get the ^M in the string. If
I
actually hit <ctrl-m> it reads as a return; if I type ^M using the shift-6
then it looks for the actual characters.
Can anyone help?
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