chop

Definition and usage

The chop() function removes whitespace characters or other predefined characters at the right end of the string.

Example

Example 1

Remove characters from the right end of the string:

 <?php
$str = "Hello World!" ;
echo $str . "<br>" ;
echo chop ( $str , "World!" ) ;
?>

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Example 2

Remove the newline character (\n) to the right of the string:

 <?php
$str = "Hello World!\n\n" ;
echo $str ;
echo chop ( $str ) ;
?>

The HTML output of the above code is as follows (see the source code):

 < ! DOCTYPE html >
< html >

< body >

Hello World !

Hello World !

< / body >
< / html >

The browser output of the above code is as follows:

 Hello World! Hello World! Hello World!

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