Removing the last slash of URL in XAMPP

Question

I am currently working a project with PHP and Apache on a local server using XAMPP. I have an issue on my website, I was wondering if I can delete the last slash of my web URL. For example, I'm running a website in localhost and it was stored in folder htacces\web\mywebsite and when I open the website in the browser, the URL bar shows localhost/web/mywebsite/ or 127.0.0.1/web/mywebsite/.

So if this is normal then it's fine, but why can some site like stackoverflow.com remove the last slashes, also like stackoverflow.com\question\ask?

I just want to know about that, is .htaccess will do? or PHP? here is the .htacces file that I have written in my website

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [QSA]

Could anyone help?

`question/ask` is not a real directory but `web/mywebsite` is. Apache adds a trailing slash in front of directories for security reasons. — anubhava, Aug 31 '18 at 08:15
Are you using a Framework. I guess not, so you need to handle routing — menaka, Aug 31 '18 at 08:27
@anubhava so even `web/mywebsite/something` will have a trailling slash too? — Irvan Hilmi, Aug 31 '18 at 10:08
@menaka yes i'm not, so to remove the trailling slash i need to handle the routing? — Irvan Hilmi, Aug 31 '18 at 10:13
alright, but when i visit `web/mywebsite/login` which not a directory, but the trailling is still there, can you explain why? — Irvan Hilmi, Aug 31 '18 at 10:24
No, I cannot explain as that is your system not mine :). Enable `RewriteLog` and find out where is trailing slash coming from. — anubhava, Aug 31 '18 at 10:26
or maybe cause this line of code `RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [QSA]` or something? — Irvan Hilmi, Aug 31 '18 at 10:26
Yeah you right, i need to figure it out by myself, i will try to `log` it — Irvan Hilmi, Aug 31 '18 at 10:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '19 at 07:40

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the slash on the end doesnt make much difference. So you just could ignore it, but if you want to allow opening the directories without slash you cant do that in the .htaccess file i think.

answered May 03 '19 at 07:40

TheBlueOne

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