Removing Spaces From A Text Field

Hello,

I have a text field, which creates a file name for an XML file. It then takes that XML file and throws it on my server to download.

When a user types the file name with spaces, it throws the application off.
I need a simple function that removes spaces from words. e.g.

Before: My File Name
After: MyFileName

I know its a simple solution,
Thank You!
-Tim

 

Try str_replace()

$text = "my file name";
$text = str_replace(" ", "", $text);

PHP:

 

I would suggest using preg_replace() because the user might enter other characters that are not allowed in file names.

$name = preg_replace('~[^\w-\.]+~', '', $name);

PHP:

This for example would replace everything except alphanumeric characters, dashes, underscores, and periods.

 

Thank you both!