parse_url questioin

[deko]

Why does this code fail?

$ref = http://example.com/?p=32
$ref_a = parse_url($ref) ;
echo ref_a['path']; //returns nothing

Does the '?' cause parse_url to fail?

I'm trying to capture a referrer in an user agent that contains a query string.

As a work-around, I'm using this:

$urlPath = stristr(substr( $urlString, 9), '/');

Other alternatives?

Thanks in advance.

[Curtis]

Re: parse_url questioin

deko wrote:

Why does this code fail?
>
$ref = http://example.com/?p=32
$ref_a = parse_url($ref) ;
echo ref_a['path']; //returns nothing
>
Does the '?' cause parse_url to fail?
>
I'm trying to capture a referrer in an user agent that contains a query
string.
>
As a work-around, I'm using this:
>
$urlPath = stristr(substr( $urlString, 9), '/');
>
Other alternatives?
>
Thanks in advance.
>
>

There are two syntax errors in your code:

1. $ref = http://example.com/?p=32 - you need quotes around this.
2. echo ref_a['path'] - you did not precede the variable name with $

Once you fix those, the path element has a value of "/".

[deko]

Re: parse_url question

>$ref = http://example.com/?p=32

>$ref_a = parse_url($ref) ;
>echo ref_a['path']; //returns nothing

There are two syntax errors in your code:
>
1. $ref = http://example.com/?p=32 - you need quotes around this.
2. echo ref_a['path'] - you did not precede the variable name with $
>
Once you fix those, the path element has a value of "/".

Yeah, that was a sloppy post.

But even after making your suggested corrections, the code is not returning
'/?p=32', but rather '/', as you pointed out. So I guess parse_url() does not
work when the url path contains a query string.

[Rik]

Re: parse_url question

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:42:50 +0100, deko <deko@nospam.co mwrote:

>>$ref = http://example.com/?p=32
>>$ref_a = parse_url($ref) ;
>>echo ref_a['path']; //returns nothing

>

>There are two syntax errors in your code:
>>
>1. $ref = http://example.com/?p=32 - you need quotes around this.
>2. echo ref_a['path'] - you did not precede the variable name with $
>>
>Once you fix those, the path element has a value of "/".

>
Yeah, that was a sloppy post.
>
But even after making your suggested corrections, the code is not
returning '/?p=32', but rather '/', as you pointed out. So I guess
parse_url() does not work when the url path contains a query string.

Please read the manual when having questions about a specific function.
The query string is a separate part of the url...

http://www.php.net/parse_url

--
Rik Wasmus

[deko]

Re: parse_url question

The query string is a separate part of the url...

http://www.php.net/parse_url

sweet!