php trim
<?php
$text = "ttThese are a few words :) ... ";
$binary = "x09Example stringx0A";
$hello = "Hello World";
var_dump($text, $binary, $hello);
print "n";
$trimmed = trim($text);
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = trim($text, " t.");
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = trim($hello, "Hdle");
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = trim($hello, 'HdWr');
var_dump($trimmed);
// trim the ASCII control characters at the beginning and end of $binary
// (from 0 to 31 inclusive)
$clean = trim($binary, "x00..x1F");
var_dump($clean);
?>