Bug: Removing spaces from start of page title

[neonwired]

It's impossible to remove a space from the start of a page title, the title field seems to strip it when editing the page but when saving it the space remains.

Expected behavior: Either the title field shouldn't strip it or saving the title should save with the space stripped.

ProcessWire version: 3.0.123
PHP version: 7.2

[ryancramerdesign]

@neonwired I don't understand how to duplicate the issue you are describing. Can you provide instructions on how to reproduce the issue?

[teppokoivula]

@ryancramerdesign: not sure if that's the issue @neonwired was facing, but this can happen at least when adding pages via the API. Here's a proof of concept:

<?php namespace ProcessWire;

require 'index.php';

// notice the extra space before "test":
$p = $pages->add('basic-page', 1, [
    'title' => ' test',
]);

// this should output "# test#", which means that the space is still there:
echo "#{$p->title}#\n";

This creates a page with extra space in the beginning of the title. If you edit this page in the Admin, that space is stripped from the title, and as such you cannot remove it – at least not without making some other change to the title as well.

[ryancramerdesign]

Thanks @neonwired @teppokoivula I've pushed a fix for this.

[matjazpotocnik]

@neonwired, does Ryan's fix solve the issue for you?

[netcarver]

Ok, closing this - mention me @neonwired if you need it reopening.