note 53803 added to function.trim

From: Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:02:43 +0000
Subject: note 53803 added to function.trim
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Don't use trim to strip the trailing / off of relative URLs! <?php trim($url, "/"); ?> It will also strip the / from the beginning of the URL. Instead, use this function: <?php function trimrelativeurl($url) { $urlarry = explode($url); foreach ($urlarry as $key => $val) { if ($val == "/") $lastslash = $key; } if ($lastslash+1 == strlen($url)) $url = substr($url, 0, strlen($url)-1); return $url; } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+53803 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53803&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53803&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53803&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53803&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53803&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+53803&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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