- parse_url: documentation ( source)
<?php
$url='http://www.w3resource.com/php-exercises/php-basic-exercises.php';
$url= parse_url($url);
echo 'scheme: '.$url['scheme'].'<br/>';
echo 'host: '.$url['host'].'<br/>';
echo 'Path: '.$url['path'].'<br/>';
?>