php checking if the last character is a '/' if not then tack it on

Question

I have these 2 snippets of code that I have been playing with, but can\'t seem to get the logic to stick in either of them.

I am trying to see if a given string has

Answer 1

You might be overthinking it. While the substr() method will work perfectly it might be simpler to use rtrim() to remove any trailing slashes and then add one on.

$path = rtrim($path, '/') . '/';

Caution: this will trim multiple trailing forward slashes. so .////// becomes ./