Sorry, I mistyped - $date should be $single.
Thanks for the suggestions and help to everyone! - I will pursue them. :)
-Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:50 PM
> To: Mike At Spy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Agh! trim (#$@#@^%!!!)
>
>
> > $single = "The date is 20-Aug-2002." // This is an example - see below
> > $trimmed = rtrim($date, ".");
>
> Where is $date? I think your attempting to trim the wrong string.
>
> This worked for me:
>
> <?
> $single = "The date is 20-Aug-2002.";
> $trimmed = rtrim($single, ".");
> echo $trimmed;
> ?>
>
>
> To slice off the last character of any string, you could use substr():
>
> <?
> $single = "The date is 20-Aug-2002.";
> $trimmed = substr($single, 0, -1);
> echo $trimmed;
> ?>
>
>
> Justin French
>
>
>
> on 21/08/02 2:35 AM, Mike At Spy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> >
> > Hey!
> >
> > :)
> >
> > I have an issue with trim / triml. Whenever I put a string in
> to trimmed,
> > it refuses to take the period at the end of the string off.
> >
> > I did put more things to trim first, but this is basically what
> I am doing:
> >
> >
> > $single = "The date is 20-Aug-2002." // This is an example - see below
> > $trimmed = rtrim($date, ".");
> >
> >
> > Is there an issue with this? I've tried using trim() too.
> >
> > The source of $single is a reponse from a server. I should
> note that when I
> > put this in as an experiment, it works fine. When I get the
> line from the
> > server, it doesn't work!
> >
> > The only thing I can think of is the possibility that the "." I
> am seeing at
> > the end of the line isn't really one (it looks like a duck,
> copies like a
> > duck, but...isn't a duck??!!).
> >
> > Is there a way to just strip the last character off regardless
> of what it
> > is?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
>
>
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