string File::stripLeadingSeparators (
string $path
,
string $separator
= DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
)
This method removes the leading directory separator (like "/" on *nix) from a path name.
string $path - the path name where the
leading separator should be removed from.
string $separator - optional string that
defines the separator. This parameter defaults to the value of
the constant DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR that is
pre-defined by PHP.
This methods returns the given path name without a leading directory separator.
This function can be called statically.
Using File::stripLeadingSeparators()
<?php
require_once "File.php";
echo File::stripLeadingSeparators("/home/foo/lala/");
?>
This example will print home/foo/lala/.