Re: point me to functions to parse the URL? (best one for *this*job?)

Shawn McKenzie wrote: > Govinda wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> (PHP newbie here. Newbie-level task to match.) >> >> I am RTFM and working on this.. but I am also under deadline, so, I ask >> you in case you can point me quick where to read... what functions I >> need to use for this. >> >> Incoming URL will look like these, for example: >> >> domain.com/unix/asdfsdf.html >> domain.com/macos/khsdfg.html >> >> I need to parse those URLs and set the value of $myfolder to as follows: >> >> domain.com/unix/asdfsdf.html >> $myfolder=unix >> domain.com/macos/khsdfg.html >> $myfolder=macos >> >> BUT if there is no dir/ in between the domain and file, >> like so: >> domain.com/khsdfg.html >> then I want: >> $myfolder=default >> >> I am playing with $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'], .. >> what function will parse that best? >> I need to also account for when the URL does not have an in-between >> dir/, nor a filename in it, e.g.: >> domain.com/ >> (then again $myfolder=default) >> >> TIA! >> -Govinda > > No way, you want to "parse" the "url"? > > How about, parse_url()? > Oh, and in the future, if you want to "strip" the "slashes" from a var, you would use the remove_escape_char() function :-) -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com