php_strip_whitespace()

php_strip_whitespace - Return source with stripped comments and whitespace

Syntax

string php_strip_whitespace (string $filename)

Arguments

• filename - Path to the PHP file.

Description

Returns the PHP source code in filename with PHP comments and whitespace removed. This may be useful for determining the amount of actual code in your scripts compared with the amount of comments. This is similar to using php -wfrom the commandline.

Version

PHP 5

Return value

The stripped source code will be returned on success, or an empty string on failure.