A middleware for removing trailing slashes // Stefan Bauer

What really cool about middleware is, you can put in really little pieces of code. In my case, I wanted to remove all the trailing slashes and redirect to the same URL without the trailing slash. Nothing easier than that.

app/Http/Middleware/RemoveTrailingSlashMiddleware.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middlware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;

class RemoveTrailingSlashMiddleware
{
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if (preg_match('/.+\/$/', $request->getRequestUri())) {
            return Redirect::to(rtrim($request->getRequestUri(), '/'), 301);
        }

        return $next($request);
    }
}

Oh and don't forget to register that middleware!