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How do I replace all sequences of multiple spaces in a string with a single space? str_replace gives error when I try replace any 2 chars w/ 1 char

Aug 24th, 2000 22:30
Ben Udall, Dave Parizek, http://www.php.net/manual/function.ereg-replace.php

This can be easily done using regular expressions and the ereg_replace 
function.
// Replaces one or more spaces with a single space
$new_str = ereg_replace(" +", " ", $str);
// Replaces one or more spaces or tab characters with a single space
$new_str = ereg_replace("[ \t]+", " ", $str);
// Replaces any sequence of spaces, tabs, and or new-line characters
// with a single space
$new_str = ereg_replace("[ \t\r\n]+", " ", $str);