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mb_trim

(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)

mb_trimStrip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string

Description

mb_trim(string $string, ?string $characters = null, ?string $encoding = null): string

Performs a multi-byte safe trim() operation, and returns a string with whitespace stripped from the beginning and end of string. Without the second parameter, mb_trim() will strip these characters:

Parameters

string
The string that will be trimmed.
characters
Optionally, the stripped characters can also be specified using the characters parameter. Simply list all characters that need to be stripped.
encoding

The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or null, the internal character encoding value will be used.

Return Values

The trimmed string.

See Also