normalize_whitespace() WP 2.7.0

Normalize EOL characters and strip duplicate whitespace.

No Hooks.

Return

String. The normalized string.

Usage

normalize_whitespace( $str );

$str(string) (required)

The string to normalize.

Changelog

Code of normalize whitespace: wp-includes/formatting.php ^{WP 5.2.2}

<?php
function normalize_whitespace( $str ) {
	$str = trim( $str );
	$str = str_replace( "\r", "\n", $str );
	$str = preg_replace( array( '/\n+/', '/[ \t]+/' ), array( "\n", ' ' ), $str );
	return $str;
}