Parses a URL string into its path, query, and fragment components.

This function splits both internal paths like 

 node?b=c#d

and external URLs like 

https:

//example.com/a?b=c#d

into their component parts. See RFC 3986 for an explanation of what the component parts are.

Note that, unlike the RFC, when passed an external URL, this function groups the scheme, authority, and path together into the path component.

Parameters

string $url: The internal path or external URL string to parse.

Return value

array An associative array containing:

  • path: The path component of $url. If $url is an external URL, this includes the scheme, authority, and path.
  • query: An array of query parameters from $url, if they exist.
  • fragment: The fragment component from $url, if it exists.

See also

drupal_goto()

l()

url()

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986

Related topics

HTTP handling
Functions to properly handle HTTP responses.
PHP wrapper functions
Functions that are wrappers or custom implementations of PHP functions.
7 calls to drupal_parse_url()
CommonURLUnitTest::testDrupalParseUrl in modules/simpletest/tests/common.test
Test drupal_parse_url().
confirm_form in modules/system/system.module
Generates a form array for a confirmation form.
DrupalRequestSanitizer::cleanDestination in includes/request-sanitizer.inc
Removes the destination if it is dangerous.
DrupalWebTestCase::curlExec in modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php
Initializes and executes a cURL request.
drupal_goto in includes/common.inc
Sends the user to a different page.

... See full list

File

includes/common.inc, line 575
Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function drupal_parse_url($url) {
  $options = array(
    'path' => NULL,
    'query' => array(),
    'fragment' => '',
  );

  // External URLs: not using parse_url() here, so we do not have to rebuild
  // the scheme, host, and path without having any use for it.
  if (strpos($url, '://') !== FALSE) {

    // Split off everything before the query string into 'path'.
    $parts = explode('?', $url);
    $options['path'] = $parts[0];

    // If there is a query string, transform it into keyed query parameters.
    if (isset($parts[1])) {
      $query_parts = explode('#', $parts[1]);
      parse_str($query_parts[0], $options['query']);

      // Take over the fragment, if there is any.
      if (isset($query_parts[1])) {
        $options['fragment'] = $query_parts[1];
      }
    }
  }
  else {

    // parse_url() does not support relative URLs, so make it absolute. E.g. the
    // relative URL "foo/bar:1" isn't properly parsed.
    $parts = parse_url('http://example.com/' . $url);

    // Strip the leading slash that was just added.
    $options['path'] = substr($parts['path'], 1);
    if (isset($parts['query'])) {
      parse_str($parts['query'], $options['query']);
    }
    if (isset($parts['fragment'])) {
      $options['fragment'] = $parts['fragment'];
    }
  }

  // The 'q' parameter contains the path of the current page if clean URLs are
  // disabled. It overrides the 'path' of the URL when present, even if clean
  // URLs are enabled, due to how Apache rewriting rules work. The path
  // parameter must be a string.
  if (isset($options['query']['q']) && is_string($options['query']['q'])) {
    $options['path'] = $options['query']['q'];
    unset($options['query']['q']);
  }
  return $options;
}