Zend Framework: Zend_Filter_StripSpaces Component Proposal

Table of Contents

1. Overview

Zend_Filter_StripSpaces will strip all spaces out of a string. You can specify if you want to strip out all spaces or just the unnecessary ones, means multiple spaces behind one another.

2. References

• Issue ZF-2531

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

• This component will correctly strip out all repeated spaces, as they are insignificat in some context (e.g. html)
• This component will correctly strip out all spaces, when specified
• This component will not remove any other character

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

• Zend_Filter_Interface
• Zend_Filter_Exception

5. Theory of Operation

You can use this filter just like every other Zend_Filter_*, but you can also specify whether to
strip out all spaces or not by creating a new object (constructor).

6. Milestones / Tasks

• Milestone 1: [DONE] Creating base class
• Milestone 2: [DONE] Importing current development state into Subversion (http://johnpatcher-zf.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ZendFilterStripSpaces/)
• Milestone 3: Proposal acceptance
• Milestone 4: Import of current prototype to ZF SVN
• Milestone 5: Unit tests
• Milestone 6: Improvements (if necessary)
• Milestone 7: Documentation

7. Class Index

• Zend_Filter_StripSpaces

8. Use Cases

UC-01

9. Class Skeletons