php remove the last "/" from the path

Question

this is my code

 $method = $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'];

and this is my path:

http://localhost:8082/XXXX/controllers/User.php/newUser?name=hello

the result of the method is /newUser

I would like to have just newUser. IE without the /

could you help me please

Answer 1

use ltrim on the variable you want ? Seems the easiest way to me

$var = ltrim($var,"/");

Answer 2

$method = ltrim($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'], '/');