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shadowsai · 12-10-2012, 07:02 AM

Hello All!
I need something that will allow me to replace each space character with   but only when the amount of space characters is greater than (or equal to) 2.

For example:

Code:

This     had 5 spaces

Would become this.

Code:

This&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;had 5 spaces

I thought of using regex, like below, but it doesn't allow me to match each space character. I don't know of a way to "count" the amount of matched characters.

PHP Code:


			
preg_replace("/[ ]{2,}/", "&nbsp;", $string)

Any help is appreciated!

Edit: Sorry, I only mean space. As in, " ".

12-10-2012, 07:02 AM	PM User \| #1
shadowsai New Coder Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	PHP Whitespace Replacement Hello All! I need something that will allow me to replace each space character with   but only when the amount of space characters is greater than (or equal to) 2. For example: Code: This had 5 spaces Would become this. Code: This     had 5 spaces I thought of using regex, like below, but it doesn't allow me to match each space character. I don't know of a way to "count" the amount of matched characters. PHP Code: `preg_replace("/[ ]{2,}/", " ", $string)` Any help is appreciated! Edit: Sorry, I only mean space. As in, " ". Last edited by shadowsai; 12-10-2012 at 07:06 AM..