PHP: Turn same following multiple slash characters `///` into single slash `/` character [duplicate]

Question

I have a duplicate dynamic number of slash / characters in my variable, for example:

$string = 'test////test2';
$string2 = '///test//test3';
$string3 = 'xsss/////ss/';

i want to remove duplicate / slash character next to each other. so it only leaves one /slash character, like this:

$string = 'test/test2';
$string2 = '/test/test3';
$string3 = 'xsss/ss/';

I already tried the suggestion from this answer

$string = preg_replace('/,+/', '/', $string);
$string = rtrim($string, '/');

but it's not working at all, it's still outputting the original string

CarlosCarucce · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-15 00:50:24Z

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You almost got it with preg_replace

Just changed it to detect one or more / instead of , (\/+ rule):

$re = '/\/+/';
$str = '///test//test3';

echo preg_replace($re, '/', $str); //outputs /test/test3

answered Jul 15, 2020 at 0:50

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