Trim Left L

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Returns the given string with whitespace stripped from the left

namespace HH\Lib\Str;

function trim_left_l(
  \HH\Lib\Locale\Locale $locale,
  string $string,
  ?string $char_mask = NULL,
): string;

See Str\trim_l() for more details.

• To strip from both ends, see Str\trim_l().
• To only strip from the right, see Str\trim_right_l().
• To strip a specific prefix (instead of all characters matching a mask), see Str\strip_prefix_l().

Guide

• String

Parameters

• \HH\Lib\Locale\Locale $locale
• string $string
• ?string $char_mask = NULL

Returns

• string