Format.trim ViewHelper `<f:format.trim>`

This ViewHelper strips whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string.

Possible sides are:

both (default): Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
left or start: Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string
right or end: Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string

Examples

Defaults

#<f:format.trim>   String to be trimmed.   </f:format.trim>#

#String to be trimmed.#

Trim only one side

#<f:format.trim side="right">   String to be trimmed.   </f:format.trim>#

#   String to be trimmed.#

Trim special characters

#<f:format.trim characters=" St.">   String to be trimmed.   </f:format.trim>#

#ring to be trimmed#

Source code

Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: Format\TrimViewHelper.php (GitHub).

Arguments

The following arguments are available for the format.trim ViewHelper:

characters

Type: string

Optionally, the stripped characters can also be specified using the characters parameter. Simply list all characters that you want to be stripped. With .. you can specify a range of characters.

side

Type: string
Default: 'both'

The side to apply, must be one of this' CASE_* constants. Defaults to both application.

value

Type: string

The string value to be trimmed. If not given, the evaluated child nodes will be used.

Format.trim ViewHelper <f:format.trim>