PHP strip_whitespace() Function
Definition and Usage
The strip_whitespace() function returns the source code file without PHP comments and whitespace characters.
This function is very useful for detecting the actual code amount in scripts.
Syntax
strip_whitespace(filename)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| filename | Required. Specifies the filename. |
Description
If successful, returns the stripped source code, if failed, returns an empty string.
Note:In PHP 5.0.1, the behavior of this function is consistent with the description above. Before this, it only returned an empty string.
Example
"test.php":
<?php
// PHP comment
/*
* Another PHP comment
*/
echo php_strip_whitespace ("test.php");
?>
Output:
<?php
echo php_strip_whitespace("test.php");
?>
