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<?php // remove duplicated spaces into single spaces but persist special spaces like the non-breaking-space $normalized = " \xC2\xA0M\u212Bllorca\xC2\xA0 Urlaub \nSpass\xE2\x80\x88Spannung"; $normalized = preg_replace("/([ \xC2\xA0])?\\s+/u", '$1 ', $normalized); $normalized = preg_replace('/(\s) +/u', '$1', $normalized); var_dump($normalized);