Trimming Strings: ltrim
<html> <head> <title>Trim Functions</title> </head> <body> <span> <?php $TrailingSpaces = "Trailing Spaces "; $Leadingspaces = " Leading spaces"; $TrailingAndLeadingSpaces = " Trailing and Leading Spaces "; $TabString = $HTTP_USER_AGENT . " \n\n\n \t\t \r\r"; print("\"$TrailingSpaces\"" . "<br />"); print("\"$Leadingspaces\"" . "<br />"); print("\"$TrailingAndLeadingSpaces\"" . "<br />"); print("\"$TabString\"" . "<br />"); $TrailingSpaces = chop($TrailingSpaces); $Leadingspaces = ltrim($Leadingspaces); $TrailingAndLeadingSpaces = trim($TrailingAndLeadingSpaces); $TabString = trim($TabString); print("<br/>"); print("\"$TrailingSpaces\"" . "<br />"); print("\"$Leadingspaces\"" . "<br />"); print("\"$TrailingAndLeadingSpaces\"" . "<br />"); print("\"$TabString\"" . "<br />"); ?> </span> </body> </html>