PHP Separate URL String

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I have a really simple question that I couldn't solve using online help...

Well I have an URL, eg. "www.google.com/hello/xxxxxxxx"

What I'm trying to do is get that xxxxxxx and print it. I have already gathered the URL of the page I want to split with a SQL statement, and it is now stored in the $row['url']. I have tried to get it it split when it reaches an "/"

This is my code right now:

$url = preg_split("[/.-]", $row['url']);
print_r($url);

But it doesn't work? Right now it doesn't even print anything... and I don't know what else to try!

Why? php.net/parse_url already does all this for you You're using preg_split wrong - there's no delimiters. e.g. '/[\/.-]/ — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Jan 11, 2014 at 20:10
@MarcB Yes I know but I will need this for different stuff that doesn't involved URLs forcedly and I would like to use it as reference. What should I use instead of preg_split? — user2551208
– user2551208, Commented Jan 11, 2014 at 20:11

Abhik Chakraborty · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-11 20:13:07Z

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Is this what you are looking for ?

$url = "www.google.com/hello/xxxxxxxx" ;

echo substr( strrchr( $url, '/' ), 1 );

Output: xxxxxxxx

answered Jan 11, 2014 at 20:13

Abhik Chakraborty

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Abhik Chakraborty Over a year ago

You are most welcome. You may check answer from @BenM as well. It will give you the desired output.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:24:57Z

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How about using end() with explode():

echo end(explode('/', $row['url']));

Output is: xxxxxxxx.

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 20:24

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answered Jan 11, 2014 at 20:14

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