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<?php $subject = "http://jennifer.com/arrest/def/101"; $pattern = '@^(?:http://)?([^/]+)@i'; preg_match($pattern, $subject, $matches); print_r($matches); $url = parse_url("http://www.jennifer.com/user/101/article"); print_r($url); preg_match('/\\\:[a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+/', "/user/:id/article", $matches); print_r($matches); $pattern = "@^" . preg_replace('/\\\:[a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+/', '([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+)', preg_quote('/user/:id/article')) . "$@D"; $matches = array(); $match = preg_match($pattern, '/user/101/article', $matches); print_r($match);
Output for 5.6.0 - 5.6.27, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.19, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
Array ( [0] => http://jennifer.com [1] => jennifer.com ) Array ( [scheme] => http [host] => www.jennifer.com [path] => /user/101/article ) Array ( ) 1

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