parse_url

Description

This function parses a URL and returns an associative array containing any of the various components of the URL that are present.

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.

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Return Values

On seriously malformed URLs, parse_url() may return FALSE and emit a E_WARNING. Otherwise an associative array is returned, whose components may be (at least one):

• scheme - e.g. http

• host

• port

• user

• pass

• path

• query - after the question mark ?

• fragment - after the hashmark #

If the component parameter is specified a string is returned instead of an array.

ChangeLog

Examples

Example 1. A parse_url() example <?php $url = 'http://username:password@hostname/path?arg=value#anchor'; print_r(parse_url($url)); echo parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH); ?> The above example will output: Array ( [scheme] => http [host] => hostname [user] => username [pass] => password [path] => /path [query] => arg=value [fragment] => anchor ) /path

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