PHP | parse_url() Function Example

Hi Friends,

This example is PHP | parse_url() Function Example.

The parse_url() function is an inbuilt functionin PHP which is used to return the components of a URL by parsing it.

It parse an URL and return an associative array which contains its various components.

Let's start following example.

Syntax:

 parse_url( $url, $component = -1 )

Example 1:

<?php

   // Declare a variable and initialize it with URL
   $url = 'https://nicesnippets.com/php/#basics';
  
   // Use parse_url() function to parse the URL
   var_dump(parse_url($url));
   var_dump(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME));
  
?>

Output:

array(4) {
  ["scheme"]=>
  string(5) "https"
  ["host"]=>
  string(16) "nicesnippets.com"
  ["path"]=>
  string(5) "/php/"
  ["fragment"]=>
  string(6) "basics"
}
string(5) "https"

Example 2:

<?php

   // Declare a variable and initialize it with URL
   $url = '//www.nicesnippets.com/path?php=PHP';
  
   // Use parse_url() function to
   // parse the URL
   var_dump(parse_url($url));

?>

Output:

array(3) {
  ["host"]=>
  string(20) "www.nicesnippets.com"
  ["path"]=>
  string(5) "/path"
  ["query"]=>
  string(7) "php=PHP"
}

I hope it can help you....