how to remove multiple slashes in URI with 'PREG' or 'HTACCESS'

Question

how to remove multiple slashes in URI with \'PREG\' or \'HTACCESS\'

site.com/edition/new/// -> site.com/edition/new/

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site.com/edition///new/ -> site.co

Answer 1

$url = 'http://www.abc.com/def/git//ss';
$url = preg_replace('/([^:])(\/{2,})/', '$1/', $url);
// output http://www.abc.com/def/git/ss

$url = 'https://www.abc.com/def/git//ss';
$url = preg_replace('/([^:])(\/{2,})/', '$1/', $url);
// output https://www.abc.com/def/git/ss