PHP Array Output Variable different from that shown in an array

Question

The following array when printed shows that the value of $career[2] is 2010-.

However no matter what I try, this if equation will not trigger. Can these array variables be different in some way?

echo $career[2];

    if($career[2] == "2010-"){
        $career = $career[1];
    }

A print_r of the array $career reveals this..

 Array ( 
[0] => BIS career 
[1] => CEO of the corp 
[2] => 2010- 
[3] => Leader of R&D 
[4] => 2005-10 
);

VAR DUMP

    array(11) { 
[0]=> string(316) "BIS career " 
[1]=> string(194) " CEO of the corp " 
[2]=> string(163) " 2010- " 
[3]=> string(160) " Leader of R&D " 
[4]=> string(165) " 2005-10 " }

Instead of print_r() try var_dump() It might be possible that it contains space 2010- .OR Try if(trim($career[2]) == "2010-") — Narendrasingh Sisodia
– Narendrasingh Sisodia, Commented May 15, 2015 at 14:46
Var Dump is giving me this... string(31) " 2010- " Trim does not seam to fix it. — Walrus
– Walrus, Commented May 15, 2015 at 14:56

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:14:19Z

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You can also do:

echo "...".$career[2]."...";

it will reflect the space

Try:

preg_replace('/^[\pZ\pC]+|[\pZ\pC]+$/u','',$str);

reference: Trim unicode whitespace in PHP 5.2

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:14

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4 Comments

Walrus Over a year ago

Var Dump is giving me this... string(31) " 2010- " Trim does not seam to fix it.

Arunabh Trivedi Over a year ago

as taken from: stackoverflow.com/questions/4166896/…, try: preg_replace('/^[\pZ\pC]+|[\pZ\pC]+$/u','',$str);

Arunabh Trivedi Over a year ago

Robin its hard to do with looking into the actual string, can you try sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com and share it, also try: strpos to search for "2010-", to see what you get in return, php.net/manual/en/function.strrpos.php

Walrus Over a year ago

I've found it. Although the string did not show any html when doing strpos I found it still contained tags. I have removed them with strip tags function. Baffling

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