PHPで最後の文字を削除するにはどうすればよいですか?

<?php
$text = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ...  ";
$binary = "\x09Example string\x0A";
$hello  = "Hello World";
var_dump($text, $binary, $hello);
print "\n";
$trimmed = rtrim($text);
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = rtrim($text, " \t.");
var_dump($trimmed);
$trimmed = rtrim($hello, "Hdle");
var_dump($trimmed);
// 删除 $binary 末端的 ASCII 码控制字符
// (包括 0 - 31)
$clean = rtrim($binary, "\x00..\x1F");
var_dump($clean);
?>

string(32) "        These are a few words :) ...  "
string(16) "    Example string
"
string(11) "Hello World"
string(30) "        These are a few words :) ..."
string(26) "        These are a few words :)"
string(9) "Hello Wor"
string(15) "    Example string"