mb_ltrim

Function • Added in PHP 8.4

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

PHP 5

PHP 7

PHP 8.0-8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

Added

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`mb_ltrim` Function synopsis

mb_ltrim(
    string $string,
    ?string $characters = null,
    ?string $encoding = null
  ): string

Parameters

`$string`

Typestring

`$characters`

OptionalType?stringDefault valuenull

`$encoding`

OptionalType?stringDefault valuenull

Return value

Typestring

Changes to the `mb_ltrim` Function

PHP 8.4

Function added

`mb_ltrim` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	No
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only	No
PHP 8.1Unsupported	No
PHP 8.0Unsupported	No
PHP 7.4Unsupported	No
PHP 7.3Unsupported	No
PHP 7.2Unsupported	No
PHP 7.1Unsupported	No
PHP 7.0Unsupported	No
PHP 5.6Unsupported	No
PHP 5.5Unsupported	No
PHP 5.4Unsupported	No
PHP 5.3Unsupported	No