ltrim() - string

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

Parameters : 
 str - The input string. 
 character_mask - You can also specify the characters you want to strip, by means of the
       character_mask parameter.
       Simply list all characters that you want to be stripped. With
       .. you can specify a range of characters. 

Syntax

string ltrim
    ( string $str
   [, string $character_mask
  ] )

Example

<?php$text = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ...  ";$binary = "\x09Example string\x0A";$hello  = "Hello World";var_dump($text, $binary, $hello);print "\n";$trimmed = ltrim($text);var_dump($trimmed);$trimmed = ltrim($text, " \t.");var_dump($trimmed);$trimmed = ltrim($hello, "Hdle");var_dump($trimmed);// trim the ASCII control characters at the beginning of $binary// (from 0 to 31 inclusive)$clean = ltrim($binary, "\x00..\x1F");var_dump($clean);?>

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