<?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);
$matches = explode('/', rtrim('/user/101/article', '/'));
print_r($matches);
$matches = explode('/', rtrim('/user/101/article', "/"));
array_shift($matches);
print_r($matches);
preferences:
76.66 ms | 402 KiB | 5 Q