PHP How to break down an URL Using parse_url()
Example
parse_url(): This function parses a URL and returns an associative array containing any of the various components of the URL that are present.
$url = parse_url('http://example.com/project/controller/action/param1/param2');
Array
(
[scheme] => http
[host] => example.com
[path] => /project/controller/action/param1/param2
)
If you need the path separated you can use explode
$url = parse_url('http://example.com/project/controller/action/param1/param2');
$url['sections'] = explode('/', $url['path']);
Array
(
[scheme] => http
[host] => example.com
[path] => /project/controller/action/param1/param2
[sections] => Array
(
[0] =>
[1] => project
[2] => controller
[3] => action
[4] => param1
[5] => param2
)
)
If you need the last part of the section you can use end() like this:
$last = end($url['sections']);
If the URL contains GET vars you can retrieve those as well
$url = parse_url('http://example.com?var1=value1&var2=value2');
Array
(
[scheme] => http
[host] => example.com
[query] => var1=value1&var2=value2
)
If you wish to break down the query vars you can use parse_str() like this:
$url = parse_url('http://example.com?var1=value1&var2=value2');
parse_str($url['query'], $parts);
Array
(
[var1] => value1
[var2] => value2
)
