/include/utf8/trim.php

<?php

/**
* @version $Id: trim.php,v 1.1 2006/02/25 13:50:17 harryf Exp $
* @package utf8
* @subpackage strings
*/

/**
* UTF-8 aware replacement for ltrim()
* Note: you only need to use this if you are supplying the charlist
* optional arg and it contains UTF-8 characters. Otherwise ltrim will
* work normally on a UTF-8 string
* @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
* @see http://www.php.net/ltrim
* @see http://dev.splitbrain.org/view/darcs/dokuwiki/inc/utf8.php
* @return string
* @package utf8
* @subpackage strings
*/
function utf8_ltrim( $str, $charlist=false)
{
	if($charlist === false)
		return ltrim($str);

	// Quote charlist for use in a characterclass
	$charlist = preg_replace('!([\\\\\\-\\]\\[/^])!', '\\\${1}', $charlist);

	return preg_replace('/^['.$charlist.']+/u', '', $str);
}

/**
* UTF-8 aware replacement for rtrim()
* Note: you only need to use this if you are supplying the charlist
* optional arg and it contains UTF-8 characters. Otherwise rtrim will
* work normally on a UTF-8 string
* @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
* @see http://www.php.net/rtrim
* @see http://dev.splitbrain.org/view/darcs/dokuwiki/inc/utf8.php
* @return string
* @package utf8
* @subpackage strings
*/
function utf8_rtrim($str, $charlist=false)
{
	if($charlist === false)
		return rtrim($str);

	// Quote charlist for use in a characterclass
	$charlist = preg_replace('!([\\\\\\-\\]\\[/^])!', '\\\${1}', $charlist);

	return preg_replace('/['.$charlist.']+$/u', '', $str);
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* UTF-8 aware replacement for trim()
* Note: you only need to use this if you are supplying the charlist
* optional arg and it contains UTF-8 characters. Otherwise trim will
* work normally on a UTF-8 string
* @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
* @see http://www.php.net/trim
* @see http://dev.splitbrain.org/view/darcs/dokuwiki/inc/utf8.php
* @return string
* @package utf8
* @subpackage strings
*/
function utf8_trim( $str, $charlist=false)
{
	if($charlist === false)
		return trim($str);

	return utf8_ltrim(utf8_rtrim($str, $charlist), $charlist);
}