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LTRIM(3) 1 LTRIM(3) ltrim - Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string SYNOPSIS
string ltrim (string $str, [string $character_mask]) DESCRIPTION
Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string. PARAMETERS
o $str - The input string. o $character_mask - You can also specify the characters you want to strip, by means of the $character_mask parameter. Simply list all characters that you want to be stripped. With .. you can specify a range of characters. RETURN VALUES
This function returns a string with whitespace stripped from the beginning of $str. Without the second parameter, ltrim(3) will strip these characters: o " " (ASCII 32 ( 0x20)), an ordinary space. o " " (ASCII 9 ( 0x09)), a tab. o " " (ASCII 10 ( 0x0A)), a new line (line feed). o " " (ASCII 13 ( 0x0D)), a carriage return. o "