[RESOLVED] Ignore whitespace/blanks

[Double_M]

Hi,

Ive got a search script that uses a text area. The user enters search strings in this way:

search1
search2
carriage return

If they leave a blank space or carriage return at the end of the list then the search brings up everything in the database.

How can i just search for strings and not search the database for whitespace or blanks etc? Using preg_match? Im not sure what expressions are used for such filtering.

Any help much apreciated.

[NogDog]

trim() will get rid of all whitespace and newlines at the beginning and end of a string:

$searchString = trim($_POST['fieldname']);

[Double_M]

Ah! oh so simple, thanks very much 🙂