php string manipulation

Question

i have this string:

http://localhost/migo2/photo.php?id=68&a_id=83&p_id=349&type=1#p_id=302

and i would like to get the value of type (which is 1 obviously)

i do a

parse_str("http://localhost/migo2/photo.php?id=68&a_id=83&p_id=349&type=1#p_id=302");

and get

echo $type; -> 1#p_id=302

so i was thinking if i had a function that removed everything on the right side of # and the # itself i think i get what i want. Is this a bad way of doing it?

explode the string by ? and then by # would be the quickest solution. — Horia Dragomir
– Horia Dragomir, Commented Feb 7, 2011 at 7:14
PHP has built-in functions for getting the query string out of the URL, then parsing the query string. — Dan Grossman
– Dan Grossman, Commented Feb 7, 2011 at 7:15

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:42:18Z

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PHP has parse_url to parse the URL into components, then call parse_str only on the query string.

$str = "http://localhost/migo2/photo.php?id=68&a_id=83&p_id=349&type=1#p_id=302";
$parts = parse_url($str);
parse_str($parts['query'], $arr);
echo $arr['type'];

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 20:42

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GolezTrol · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-07 07:15:27Z

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Use the parse-url function and specify PHP_URL_QUERY. That will give you the query part first.

This is the main result when searching for PHP Parse Url btw, which is basically your question. ;)

answered Feb 7, 2011 at 7:15

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