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Syntax

string rtrim( string $text [, string $characterList )

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

$text The source string to escape pattern characters.
$characterList A list of characters to be removed.
RETURNS The source string with invalid characters stripped from the end.

What it Does

This method takes the source string ($text) and strips any whitespace characters from the end. This whitespace characters are shown below:

” ” Space
\t Tab
\n Line Feed
\r Carriage Return
\0 A null byte
\x0B A vertical tab

Optionally, you may alsp specify a list of characters you would like to be “trimmed” from the source string by specifying the third parameter $characterList.

Example

// Trim "e", "t" and "y" characters, result is "Not Pr";
$trimmed = rtrim('Not Pretty', 'ety');
echo 'Trimmed Text: ' . $trimmed . '<br>';