How do I remove extra spaces at the end of a string using regex (preg_replace)?
$string = "some random text with extra spaces at the end ";
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There is no need of regex here and you can use rtrim for it, its cleaner and faster:
$str = rtrim($str);
But if you want a regex based solution you can use:
$str = preg_replace('/\s*$/','',$str);
The regex used is /\s*$/
\sis short for any white space char, which includes space.*is the quantifier for zero or more$is the end anchor
Basically we replace trailing whitespace characters with nothing (''), effectively deleting them.
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Toto
Instead of
* quantifier, you could use + quantifier to avoid replace nothing by nothing.You don't really need regex here, you can use the rtrim() function.
$string = "some random text with extra spaces at the end ";
$string = rtrim($string);
See also :
You can use trim() to do this:
