get($field) ?? ''; $search = [ "\u{00A0}", // non-breaking space "\u{1680}", // OGHAM SPACE MARK "\u{180E}", // MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR "\u{2000}", // EN QUAD "\u{2001}", // EM QUAD "\u{2002}", // EN SPACE "\u{2003}", // EM SPACE "\u{2004}", // THREE-PER-EM SPACE "\u{2005}", // FOUR-PER-EM SPACE "\u{2006}", // SIX-PER-EM SPACE "\u{2007}", // FIGURE SPACE "\u{2008}", // PUNCTUATION SPACE "\u{2009}", // THIN SPACE "\u{200A}", // HAIR SPACE "\u{200B}", // ZERO WIDTH SPACE "\u{202F}", // NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE "\u{205F}", // MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE "\u{3000}", // IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE "\u{FEFF}", // ZERO WIDTH NO -BREAK SPACE ]; $replace = "\x20"; // plain old normal space $string = str_replace($search, $replace, $string); return trim($string); } }