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File::stripTrailingSeparators()

File::stripTrailingSeparators() -- strips trailing separators from a path

Synopsis

require_once 'File.php';

string File:stripTrailingSeparators (string $path [, string $separator = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR])

This method removes the trailing directory separator (like "/" on *nix) from a path name.

string $path - the path name where the trailing separator should be removed from.
string $separator - optional string that defines the separator. This parameter defaults to the value of the constant DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR that is pre-defined by PHP.

This methods returns the given path name without a trailing directory separator.

This function can be called statically.

Example 30-1. Using File:stripTrailingSeparators()

<?php
require_once "File.php";

echo File::stripTrailingSeparators("/home/foo/lala/");
?>

This example will print /home/foo/lala.

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