- strpos: documentation ( source)
- explode: documentation ( source)
<?php
function startsWith($haystack, $needle)
{
return $needle === "" || strpos($haystack, $needle) === 0;
}
$url = "http://www.domain.com/pages/images/apple.png";
$urlArr = explode('/', $url);
echo 'The first folder for the URL is: ' . (startsWith($url, 'http')) ? $urlArr[3] : $urlArr[1];