An example function to show how to iterate through all matches in reverse order:  
<?php
function str_positions_reverse( $haystack, $needle, $fn = null ){
  if( $fn === null )  $positions = array();
  $needlen = strlen( $needle );
  $offset  = strlen( $haystack ) + $needlen;
  $pos     = strrpos( $haystack, $needle );
  while( $pos !== false ){
    if( $fn === null )  $positions[] = $pos;
    else if( null !== ( $r = $fn( $pos, $haystack, $needle )))  return $r;
    if( $pos < $needlen )  break;
    $pos = strrpos( $haystack, $needle, $pos - $offset );
  }
  if( $fn === null )  return $positions;
}
echo implode(',', str_positions_reverse('111111',  '11'));  echo implode(',', str_positions_reverse('1111111', '11'));  $path = '/Users//'.get_current_user().'/./Desktop/path/to/a/file.txt';
echo $path; echo 'slashes: ', implode(',', str_positions_reverse( $path, '/'));
echo "\nclosest real file: ", str_positions_reverse( $path, '/', function( $pos, $path ){
  $path = realpath( substr( $path, 0, $pos ));
  if( $path !== false )  return $path;
});
?>