<!-- language: lang-php --> This is a function I wrote which has the intention of extracting bits of the URL. **For the latest version [visit my GitHub](https://github.com/JustCarty/PHP-getpage).** function getPage($options = "", $page = "") { $self = "{$_SERVER["REQUEST_SCHEME"]}://{$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]}{$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]}"; /* * - return the string untouched * a - return the page name, extension, and get variables * b - no extension, no get variable * c - url up to extension, no get variable * d - all get variables (everything after "?" excludes the "?") (if no "?" then sets to "") * e - domain name e.g. google * f - full domain without any page information e.g. http://www.google.com * g - full domain e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=query (overwrites all other options) */ if (empty($options)) return $self; $options = str_split($options); $page = ($page !== "") ? $page : $self; if (in_array("a", $options)) $page = substr($page, strrpos($page, "/") + 1); if (in_array("b", $options)) $page = substr($page, 0, strrpos($page, ".php")); if (in_array("c", $options)) $page = substr($page, 0, strrpos($page, "?")); if (in_array("d", $options)) $page = (strpos($page, "?")) ? substr($page, strrpos($page, "?") + 1) : ""; if (in_array("e", $options)) $page = (strpos($page, "www.")) ? substr($page, strpos($page, "www.") + 4, strpos($page, ".", strpos($page, "www.")) + 4) : ((strpos($page, "/localhost/")) ? substr($page, strpos($page, "://") + 3, strpos($page, "localhost/") + 2) : (strpos($page, "www") ? substr($page, strpos($page, "://") + 3, strlen($page) - strpos($page, "www.") + 5) : substr($page, strpos($page, "://") + 3, strpos($page, ".") - strpos($page, "://") - 3))); if (in_array("f", $options)) if (preg_match("/^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:[^@\n]+@)?(?:www\.)?([^:\/\n]+)/", $page, $matches)) $page = $matches[0]; if (in_array("g", $options)) return $self; return $page; } I'm not sure if I am creating this in the best way (there are lots of substrings). One of my current examples of using this code is to determine which page is selected. <ul id="nav"> <li class="button <?php echo getPage("ab") == "page1" ? "active" : "inactive"; ?>"><a href="page1.php">Page 1</a></li> <li class="button <?php echo getPage("ab") == "page2" ? "active" : "inactive"; ?>"><a href="page2.php">Page 2</a></li> </ul> Assuming the URL is "http://www.example.com/page1.php?myVar=myVal" `getPage("ab")` would find the page name. `a` Would return the page name (e.g. "page1.php") `b` Would return "http://www.example.com/page1" Combining the two returns "page1".