parse_url -- Parse a URL and return its components
Description
array parse_url ( string url )
This function parses a URL and returns an associative array containing any
of the various components of the URL that are present.
This function is not meant to validate
the given URL, it only breaks it up into the above listed parts. Partial
URLs are also accepted, parse_url() tries its best to
parse them correctly.
Parameters
url
The URL to parse
Return Values
On seriously malformed URLs, parse_url() may return
FALSE and emit a E_WARNING. Otherwise an associative
array is returned, whose components may be (at least one):
Note:
This function doesn't work with relative URLs.
Note: parse_url() is intended specifically for the purpose of parsing URLs and not URIs.
However, to comply with PHP's backwards compatibility requirements it makes an exception for the
file:// scheme where tripple slashes (file:///...) are allowed. For any other scheme this is invalid.
