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Bug #15828 Trim() leaving 1 begining/ending whitespace
Submitted: 2002-03-02 03:09 UTC Modified: 2002-03-02 13:31 UTC
From: shane dot hochstetler at attbi dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Output Control
PHP Version: 4.1.1 OS: WindowsXP Pro
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-03-02 03:09 UTC] shane dot hochstetler at attbi dot com 
This is using php4isapi.dll

$var = '   content   ';
trim($var);
echo "->".$var."<-";
echo "->$var<-";

Output:
 -> content <-
 -> content <-

leaves 1 whitespace at the beginning and at the end.

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 [2002-03-02 05:27 UTC] sander@php.net 
RTFM! trim() returns the trimmed string.
$foo = trim($foo) and not trim($foo)
 [2002-03-02 12:52 UTC] shane dot hcohstetler at attbi dot com 
This is using php4isapi.dll

$var = '   content   ';
$var = trim($var);      // fixed TYPO..
echo "->".$var."<-";
echo "->$var<-";

Output:
 -> content <-
 -> content <-

leaves 1 whitespace at the beginning and at the end.


and I have RTFM!!!
 [2002-03-02 13:31 UTC] shane dot hochstetler at attbi dot com 
Not sure what it was, but I restarted IIS 5.1 and now it works.
 
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