<?php
function recur_trim($string){ 
    $trim = array( '\n', '\r', ' ', '\t', '\0', '\x0B' ); 
    $string = trim($string); 
    if(in_array(substr($string, 0, 1), $trim) || in_array(substr($string, -1))){ 
        return recur_trim($string); 
    } 
    else{ 
        return $string; 
    } 
}  

echo recur_trim('Test');
?>

Warning: Wrong parameter count for in_array() on line 5
Test