SimplifyPath.php

<?php

namespace App;

/**
 * Simplify Path
 *
 * Given a string path, which is an absolute path (starting with a slash '/') to a file or directory in a Unix-style
 * file system, convert it to the simplified canonical path. In a Unix-style file system, a period '.' refers to the
 * current directory, a double period '..' refers to the directory up a level, and any multiple consecutive slashes
 * (i.e. '//') are treated as a single slash '/'. For this problem, any other format of periods such as '...' are
 * treated as file/directory names.
 * The canonical path should have the following format:
 *  - The path starts with a single slash '/'.
 *  - Any two directories are separated by a single slash '/'.
 *  - The path does not end with a trailing '/'.
 *  - The path only contains the directories on the path from the root directory to the target file or directory
 * (i.e., no period '.' or double period '..')
 * Return the simplified canonical path.
 *
 * https://leetcode.com/problems/simplify-path
 */
class SimplifyPath
{
    /**
     * @param string $path
     * @return string
     */
    public function simplifyPath(string $path): string
    {
        $stack = [];
        $path = explode('/', $path);

        foreach ($path as $dir) {
            if ($dir === '..') {
                array_pop($stack);
            } elseif ($dir !== '.' && $dir !== '') {
                $stack[] = $dir;
            }
        }

        return '/' . implode('/', $stack);
    }
}