note 18332 modified in function.preg-match by irc-html

To split a host, you can use this expresion. preg_match("/^(.*:\/\/)?([^:\/]+):?([0-9]+)?(.*)/", $url, $match); list(,$proto,$host,$port,$file) = $match; Meaning: starts with, possibly, one or more letters, followed by "://" (protocol), one or more letters, but a colon (host), possibly a colon, followed by the posibility of one or more numbers (port), and any number of trailing chars, (file/query). --was-- To split a host, you can use this expresion. preg_match("/^(.+:\/\/)?([^:]+):?([0-9]+)?(.*)/", $url, $match); list(,$proto,$host,$port,$file) = $match; Meaning: starts with, possibly, one or more letters, followed by "://" (protocol), one or more letters, but a colon (host), possibly a colon, followed by the posibility of one or more numbers (port), and any number of trailing chars, (file/query). http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php