How to remove unnecessary whitespaces from string, so there are no extra spaces in HTML

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How to remove unnecessary whitespaces from string, so there are no extra spaces in HTML??

Im getting string from DB and for now I'm trying to do something like:

nl2br(trim(preg_replace('/(\r?\n){3,}/', '$1$1', $comment->text)));

But it keep displaying like that:

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What I need is to get perfect:

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How it is done?? Because I'm bad at regex :(

EDIT: $comment->text contains text from DB:

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html php
4 Answers

Use simple CSS

p.a {
  white-space: nowrap;
}
<p class="a">
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
</p>

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