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normalizeWhitespaceCharacters.php
<?php
//grepper php normalize whitespace characters
function normalizeWhitespaceCharacters( $string )
{
$stepOne = htmlentities($string);
$stepTwo = trim(preg_replace('/(&nbsp;)+|\s\K\s+/','', $stepOne));
$final = html_entity_decode($stepTwo);
return $final;
}
//end grepper
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