(PHP3 , PHP4 )
ltrim -- 
     Strip whitespace from the beginning of a string
    
Description
string ltrim (string str)
     This function strips whitespace from the start of a string and
     returns the stripped string.  The whitespace
     characters it currently strips are: "\n", "\r", "\t", "\v", "\0",
     and a plain space.
    
     See also chop() and trim().