parse_url

Parse a URL and return its components (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
array parse_url ( string url )

This function returns an associative array returning any of the various components of the URL that are present. This includes the

  • scheme - e.g. http
  • host
  • port
  • user
  • pass
  • path
  • query - after the question mark ?
  • fragment - after the hashmark #

This function is not meant to validate the given URL, it only breaks it up into the above listed parts. Partial urls are also accepted, parse_url() tries its best to parse them correctly.

Example 996. parse_url() example

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$ php -r 'print_r( parse_url("http://username:password@hostname/path?arg=value#anchor"));'
Array
(
   [scheme] => http
   [host] => hostname
   [user] => username
   [pass] => password
   [path] => /path
   [query] => arg=value
   [fragment] => anchor
)

$ php -r 'print_r( parse_url("http://invalid_host..name/"));'
Array
(
   [scheme] => http
   [host] => invalid_host..name
   [path] => /
)

See also pathinfo(), parse_str(), dirname(), and basename().

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