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PHP chop() Function with Example
By IncludeHelp Last updated : December 27, 2023
PHP chop() Function
The chop() function is a string function in PHP, it is used to remove the whitespaces or/and specified character/string from the end of the string.
Syntax
The syntax of the chop() function:
chop(string, [char/string]) : string
Parameters
The parameters of the chop() function:
- string is the main string.
- char/string is an optional parameter, if specifies the single character or set of characters to be removed from the end of the string. If we do not specify the char/string it removes the spaces.
Return Value
The return value of this method is string, it removes the whitespaces or/and specified character/string from the end of the string.
Sample Input/Output
Input:
str = "IncludeHelp.com#"
char/string to remove "#"
Output:
"IncludeHelp.com"
Input:
str = "IncludeHelp.com#"
char/string to remove "com#"
Output:
"IncludeHelp."
Input:
str = "IncludeHelp.com#"
char/string to remove ".com#"
Output:
"IncludeHelp"
Example of PHP chop() Function
<?php
$str = "IncludeHelp.com#";
//removing "#"
echo (chop($str, "#")."\n");
//removing "com#"
echo (chop($str, "com#")."\n");
//removing ".com#"
echo (chop($str, ".com#")."\n");
?>
Output
The output of the above example is:
IncludeHelp.com
IncludeHelp.
IncludeHelp
To understand the above example, you should have the basic knowledge of the following PHP topics: