rtrim

Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string

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This function returns a string with whitespace (or other characters) stripped from the end of `string`.

Without the second parameter, `rtrim` will strip these characters:

&strings.stripped.characters;
&reftitle.parameters;

`string`

- The input string.

`characters`

- &strings.parameter.characters.optional;
&reftitle.returnvalues;

Returns the modified string.

&reftitle.examples;

### Usage example of `rtrim`

    <?php

    $text = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ...  ";
    $binary = "\x09Example string\x0A";
    $hello  = "Hello World";
    var_dump($text, $binary, $hello);

    print "\n";

    $trimmed = rtrim($text);
    var_dump($trimmed);

    $trimmed = rtrim($text, " \t.");
    var_dump($trimmed);

    $trimmed = rtrim($hello, "Hdle");
    var_dump($trimmed);

    // trim the ASCII control characters at the end of $binary
    // (from 0 to 31 inclusive)
    $clean = rtrim($binary, "\x00..\x1F");
    var_dump($clean);

    ?>

&example.outputs;

    string(32) "        These are a few words :) ...  "
    string(16) "    Example string
    "
    string(11) "Hello World"

    string(30) "        These are a few words :) ..."
    string(26) "        These are a few words :)"
    string(9) "Hello Wor"
    string(15) "    Example string"

&reftitle.seealso;

- `trim`
- `ltrim`