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Asked: 2026-05-11T15:47:51+00:00

how can I remove excess <br> and &nbsp; tags from the start and end

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how can I remove excess <br> and &nbsp; tags from the start and end of a string?

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  1. try this:

    $str = preg_replace('{^(<br(\s*/)?>|&nbsp;)+}i', '', $str); //from start $str = preg_replace('{(<br(\s*/)?>|&nbsp;)+$}i', '', $str); //from end

    that also gets XHTML <br /> and <br/> forms

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