On 1/2/08, Nathan Nobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Jan 2, 2008 1:34 PM, tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi gang:
> >
> > I have a
> >
> > $submit = $_POST['submit'];
> >
> > The string contains:
> >
> > &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;A&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
> >
> > (it's there to make a submit button wider)
> >
> > How can I strip out the "&nbsp;" from the $submit string leaving "A"?
> >
> > I've tried
> >
> >    trim($submit);
> >
> > but, that don't work.
> >
> > Neither does:
> >
> >    $submit = str_replace('&nbsp;','',$submit);
> >
> > or this:
> >
> >    $submit = str_replace(' ';','',$submit);
> >
> > I should know what to do, but in this case I don't.
> >
> > Help is always appreciated.
>
>
> why dont you just style the button w/ css?
>
> style="width:200px"
>
> -nathan
>

Parse the string character by character discarding '&' , 'n' , 'b' , 's'
, 'p' , and  ';'. Assuming of course that the part of the label you want to
keep is none of those characters.

-David

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