Re: Getting domain out of a URL

# aajdubuc@webhart.net / 2007-01-17 17:53:09 -0500: > On Wednesday 17 January 2007 03:35 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote: > > [snip] > > I receive posts from an open moderated forum that need to be filtered > > for urls. I've successfully managed to trap any entires that use > > 'http://' 'www.' with the standard > > '.com' '.org', '.net' endings. > > > > What I need to do is to strip the prefix part > > ('http:// or http://www. > > or 'www') and suffix as well (the .com, etc.) I need only the domain > > name. I can't seem to trim away the suffix part. > > [/snip] > > > > Have you looked at > > http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php > > Thanks Jay for the function reference, but it doesn't seem like it's what I'm > after since the url is packed into the text. > > What i really need is something that will take the first part of an array > cutting the remainder after a delimiter word '.com'. > > Something along the lines of: > > <?php > > $boom[1] = "ranchy.stuff.com and other junk"; > > $input = $boom[1]; > $out = array_slice($input, 0, 1); > > ?> > > Part of my problem, I'm beginning to realize, is that the array '$boom[1]' > contains only one element. Is there a similar string function I could use > that would accomplish what I need? If there isn't one you can always compose it from the ones already available. That's programming. -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991