Re: trimming spaces from multibyte strings

Moriyoshi Koizumi wrote:
> 
> Since trim() can take the second parameter as well so you can specify which
> character to be trimmed,

True. But if I understand correctly then the "default" trim() (without 
supplying a list of characters) *is* multibyte safe, though it might not 
remove all whitespace?

> In many case, the full-width space isn't treated as a generic white space
> in regex expressions.

I've found that out :) According to the regexp specifications (if there 
are any) *should* the full-width space be treated as generic whitespace?

>>But since you suggest it I will ask for this as a new feature as I 
>>really do find it difficult to remove whitespace from multibyte strings :)
> 
> Well, do you really find it difficult? :)

Yes. Horribly so :) In my case it is difficult because for one, our PHP 
server do not have japanese input or editing capabilities so I cannot 
type any Japanese into a regexp for example, secondly I often access PHP 
servers across SSH from a non-japanese machine so even if the server 
could handle japanese input I don't have an IME ...

But my main gripe is that someone came up with the wonderful trim() 
function. Could someone come up with the wonderful mb_trim() function? 
:) I would code it myself and contribute but I am not very proficient in 
the issues concerning multibyte character sets :(

Jc


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