- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- preg_replace: documentation ( source)
<?php
$s = 'Etui à fire farger';
var_dump(preg_replace("/\s{2,}/u", " ", $s));
var_dump(preg_replace("/\{Z}{2,}/u", " ", $s));
var_dump(preg_replace("/\{Zs}{2,}/u", " ", $s));
var_dump(preg_replace("/\P{Z}{2,}/u", " ", $s));