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amateurcanada · 09-20-2011, 07:43 PM

Hi there! e.g.

$title="i am the best"

i want the output field to be "i-am-the-best" doing a replace of spaces with dashes.

Tell me gods how to do this :D

Babaganoosh · 09-20-2011, 08:01 PM

http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php

webboy21 · 09-21-2011, 02:14 AM

^what he said....easy to do

idogfy · 09-21-2011, 05:59 AM

Copy paste that

PHP Code:


			
<?php
//try it with 
$title='  I  can     replace      several   spaces   ';
//you probably don't want to add a dash at the beginning or at the end of the $title if there is some space at the beginning or at the end
$title = trim($title);
// \s+ is the "pattern" you want to replace with dashes
$new_title = preg_replace('/\s+/','-',$title);
echo $new_title;

Have fun with title and dashes

islandfreaks · 09-21-2011, 02:24 PM

^ recommended solution

webboy21 · 09-21-2011, 02:36 PM

yup that one is even better....but if he's putting in the string himself he won't be using double spaces etc......and then the first solution is faster I think...but if he doesn't know what the string will look like..the second solution is superior

09-20-2011, 07:43 PM	#1
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09-21-2011, 02:14 AM	#3
webboy21 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 573	^what he said....easy to do __________________ Available for: CSS \| XHTML \| PHP \| MySQL \| Webdesign Contact: [email protected]

09-21-2011, 05:59 AM	#4
idogfy Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 12	Copy paste that PHP Code: `<?php //try it with $title=' I can replace several spaces '; //you probably don't want to add a dash at the beginning or at the end of the $title if there is some space at the beginning or at the end $title = trim($title); // \s+ is the "pattern" you want to replace with dashes $new_title = preg_replace('/\s+/','-',$title); echo $new_title;` Have fun with title and dashes Last edited by idogfy; 09-21-2011 at 06:02 AM..

09-21-2011, 02:36 PM	#6
webboy21 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 573	yup that one is even better....but if he's putting in the string himself he won't be using double spaces etc......and then the first solution is faster I think...but if he doesn't know what the string will look like..the second solution is superior __________________ Available for: CSS \| XHTML \| PHP \| MySQL \| Webdesign Contact: [email protected]

09-20-2011, 08:01 PM	#2
Babaganoosh ♥♥♥ Likes Hugs ♥♥♥ Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: /home Posts: 15,841	http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php

09-21-2011, 02:24 PM	#5
islandfreaks Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Caribbean Posts: 5	^ recommended solution