RE: [PHP-DOC] parse_url bug/feature?

Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: > >valid and expected behaviour > >if no scheme is given the argument is treated as a filesystem path, >here a file named "www.homecentricity.com" in the current working >directory > >just because browsers take input like this in their location bars >as http URLs doesn't say everything should Hmmm... the PHP Documentation states (with my *highlighting*): "This function returns an associative array returning *any* of the various components of the URL *that are present* *Partial urls are also accepted*, parse_url() *tries its best to parse them correctly*" Based on the documentation, it is *not* valid and expected behavior. Given that the function is "parse_url" and not "parse_file", and that the intention of the function is not to validate but to decipher it into it's component parts, the default for no scheme should not be to assume it is a file but to assume that it is a partial or malformed url. If the function worked according to the documentation, I would expect that www.homecentricity.com would return the following: scheme = NULL host = www.homecentricity.com Either something is not working correctly or the documentation needs to be corrected to state your comments above. -Steve