Explode uri path ignoring trailing slash

bodyclass.php

<?php
$url = parse_url($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
$path = explode("/", trim($url['path'], '/'));
echo (empty($path[count($path)-1]) ? "index" : $path[count($path)-1]);

// Only returns the last part of the path
// e.g. http://domain.co.uk/user/james will only return 'james'