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mb_ltrim

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mb_ltrim — Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string

Description

Performs a multi-byte safe ltrim() operation. Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string.

Without the second parameter,mb_ltrim() will strip these characters:

• " " (Unicode U+0020), an ordinary space.
• "\t" (Unicode U+0009), a tab.
• "\n" (Unicode U+000A), a new line (line feed).
• "\r" (Unicode U+000D), a carriage return.
• "\0" (Unicode U+0000), the NUL-byte.
• "\v" (Unicode U+000B), a vertical tab.
• "\f" (Unicode U+000C), a form feed.
• "\u00A0" (Unicode U+00A0), a NO-BREAK SPACE.
• "\u1680" (Unicode U+1680), a OGHAM SPACE MARK.
• "\u2000" (Unicode U+2000), a EN QUAD.
• "\u2001" (Unicode U+2001), a EM QUAD.
• "\u2002" (Unicode U+2002), a EN SPACE.
• "\u2003" (Unicode U+2003), a EM SPACE.
• "\u2004" (Unicode U+2004), a THREE-PER-EM SPACE.
• "\u2005" (Unicode U+2005), a FOUR-PER-EM SPACE.
• "\u2006" (Unicode U+2006), a SIX-PER-EM SPACE.
• "\u2007" (Unicode U+2007), a FIGURE SPACE.
• "\u2008" (Unicode U+2008), a PUNCTUATION SPACE.
• "\u2009" (Unicode U+2009), a THIN SPACE.
• "\u200A" (Unicode U+200A), a HAIR SPACE.
• "\u2028" (Unicode U+2028), a LINE SEPARATOR.
• "\u2029" (Unicode U+2029), a PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR.
• "\u202F" (Unicode U+202F), a NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE.
• "\u205F" (Unicode U+205F), a MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE.
• "\u3000" (Unicode U+3000), a IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE.
• "\u0085" (Unicode U+0085), a NEXT LINE (NEL).
• "\u180E" (Unicode U+180E), a MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR.

Parameters

string

The input string.

characters

Optionally, the stripped characters can also be specified using the characters parameter. Simply list all characters that need to be stripped.

encoding

The encodingparameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or [null](reserved.constants.php#constant.null), the internal character encoding value will be used.

Return Values

This function returns a string with whitespace stripped from the beginning of string.

See Also

• mb_trim() - Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
• mb_rtrim() - Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string
• ltrim() - Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string

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