rtrim
PHP function
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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string
Description
rtrim(string $string, string $characters = " \n\r\t\v\x00"): string
This function returns a string with whitespace (or other characters) stripped from the end of string.
Without the second parameter, rtrim() will strip these characters:
Characters
Parameters
stringThe input string.
charactersOptional
Return Values
Returns the modified string.
Examples
Usage example of rtrim()
php
<?php
$text = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ... ";
$binary = "\x09Example string\x0A";
$hello = "Hello World";
var_dump($text, $binary, $hello);
print "\n";
$trimmed = rtrim($text);
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = rtrim($text, " \t.");
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = rtrim($hello, "Hdle");
var_dump($trimmed);
// trim the ASCII control characters at the end of $binary
// (from 0 to 31 inclusive)
$clean = rtrim($binary, "\x00..\x1F");
var_dump($clean);
?>The above example will output:
output
string(32) " These are a few words :) ... "
string(16) " Example string
"
string(11) "Hello World"
string(30) " These are a few words :) ..."
string(26) " These are a few words :)"
string(9) "Hello Wor"
string(15) " Example string"