public function skip_whitespace()
	{
		$whitespace = strspn($this->data, "\x09\x0A\x0D\x20", $this->position);
		$this->position += $whitespace;
		return $whitespace;
	}
public function skip_whitespace()
	{
		$whitespace = strspn($this->data, "\x09\x0A\x0D\x20", $this->position);
		$this->position += $whitespace;
		return $whitespace;
	}
public function skip_whitespace ( ) { $ whitespace = strspn ( $ this -> data , "\x09\x0A\x0D\x20" , $ this -> position ) ; $ this -> position += $ whitespace ; return $ whitespace ; }
Advance past any whitespace

@return int Number of whitespace characters passed
Advance past any whitespace