I have a string that is something like , ] }
I'd like to replace it with ] }
The problem is I don't know whether there will be white space between the , and the ]. There may be white space or there may be no white space. There may be tabs or there may be line breaks.
How can I replace ,<any white space here>] } to just ] } please?
Instead of str_replace you can simply use preg_replace like as
echo preg_replace('/,\s*\]\s*}/',"] }",$string);
\s* \s checks for any space character that includes new line,tabs,space and * for zero or more occurence of space \]\s*} this'll check for the ] brace \s* as specified above and } curly brace literally
You can just use a regex with preg_replace.
$str = preg_replace('/,\s*(?=]\s*})/', "", $str);
Sorry this was without testing. This is an alternative of preg_replace. This will trim specified in the second parameter, \t, \n, , ,. So after trimming, you will be left with ]}
"\t" (ASCII 9 (0x09)), a tab
"\n" (ASCII 10 (0x0A)), a new line (line feed)
echo ltrim($string, ", \t\n");
if you are uncertain that there might be a carriage return, or a vertical tab in there, you can
echo ltrim(ltrim($str1, ","));
This will first trim down the comma then trim these characters , , \t, \r, \0, \x0B
Here's a demo
preg_replace('@\,[\h\s]+@', '', $string)