Codeigniter pagination class - how to remove a trailing slash from URL

Question

I've noticed the following behavior in CI's pagination class:

My initial page (used as $config['base_url']):

http://www.example.com/forum

When I paginate to page 2 (per_page = 10, offset = 10, total_rows = 100):

http://www.example.com/forum/10

When I go back to Page 1:

http://www.example.com/forum/  <=====trailing slash

This trailing slash is messing up several Ajax commands in the page.

Any idea how to make it go away?

When you're on /10 or /20, aren't the AJAX commands messed up as well? The best solution is to fix your AJAX urls. — minboost
use $this->uri->segment(1) in your ajax urls (possible slash removing needed, did not test it) — user973254

ariefbayu ariefbayu · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-19T21:27:20

You can use trim for that:

trim( $the_url, '/' );