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Extracting Part of an URL

Discussion in 'PHP' started by Icheb, Feb 11, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Say I have this URL

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=digitalpoint&btnG=Google+Search

    Now I want to extract what the user has searched for. I think I remember there being a function that takes the URL apart and stores this data in an array, but for the life of me I can't remember what that function was.

    I'm not asking for a regular expression, I could do that myself.
     
    Icheb, Feb 11, 2007 IP
  2. phper

    phper Active Member

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    #2
    parse_url() is what you're after
     
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    Icheb Peon

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    Come to think of it, with that function I'd still have to use a regular expression to get the q part. :/
    I thought there was a function that also takes the query string apart.
     
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    phper Active Member

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    You don't have to use regex if you don't want to.
    explode() et al can give you what you want as well, although with regex it would just be a quick one liner.
     
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    Icheb Peon

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    Duh, of course! :)
     
    Icheb, Feb 11, 2007 IP
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    nico_swd Prominent Member

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    parse_str() might be useful as well.
     
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    Icheb Peon

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    Holy crap you people are awesome. :)
     
    Icheb, Feb 12, 2007 IP