How to keep only this specific part of url?

Question

Using PHP how can I only keep the hu? Please note that the link is only one variable, it may be anything

This isn't clear - are you talking about parsing the url to extract the path segments? Or a redirect of some kind? — Dan Smith, Feb 20 '15 at 13:36
@Bulk Yes, parsing it to the path segments. Basically I want to echo the `hu` or any other between the `.com/.../` — EnexoOnoma, Feb 20 '15 at 13:37
Use `explode()` to split the URL on the `/` characters, then take the 2nd-to-last element of the array. — Barmar, Feb 20 '15 at 13:38
@Xalloumokkelos This could help you: http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php — Rizier123, Feb 20 '15 at 13:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 20 '15 at 14:09

2

You can use explode

$exploded = explode('/', 'http://www.example.com/hu/link');
$value = $exploded[3];

edited Feb 20 '15 at 14:09

Erbureth

answered Feb 20 '15 at 13:37

Taursus

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 13:39

0

One solution is this:

$split = explode("/", $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
echo $split[1];

answered Feb 20 '15 at 13:39

Kolja

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 13:39

0

$url = "http://www.example.com/hu/link";

$split_url = explode('/', $url);
echo $split_url[3];

Output:

hu

answered Feb 20 '15 at 13:39

mhall

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 20 '15 at 13:52

-1

You can use a regular expression preg_match like this:

$url = 'http://www.example.com/hu/link';
preg_match('/.*www.*\/(.*)\//i',$url, $matches);
print_r($matches[1]);

edited Feb 20 '15 at 13:52

Kheshav Sewnundun

answered Feb 20 '15 at 13:41

Marco

The reason I downvoted. **1)** There is a parse error. **2)** What if the URL doesn't include the www.? There will be no match. **3)** It's "over-engineering" when you can just `explode()`, albeit a nice alternative. – ʰᵈˑ Feb 20 '15 at 13:45

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