[PHP] strip slashes from beginning and end of string in one expression

PHP list. This is another regular expression type of question. The very handy PHP function trim() takes excess white space off the beginning and end of a string. I'd like to be able to do the same thing, except instead of white spaces, trim excess slashes: / So for example, all of these:

Re: [PHP] strip slashes from beginning and end of string in one expression

Dave M G wrote: This is another regular expression type of question. The very handy PHP function trim() takes excess white space off the beginning and end of a string. I'd like to be able to do the same thing, except instead of white spaces, trim excess slashes: / So for example, all of