Remove "http://" from URL string

Question

I am using a bit.ly shortener for my custom domain. It outputs http://shrt.dmn/abc123; however, I'd like it to just output shrt.dmn/abc123.

Here is my code.

//automatically create bit.ly url for wordpress widgets
function bitly()
{
  //login information
  $url = get_permalink();  //for wordpress permalink
  $login = 'UserName'; //your bit.ly login
  $apikey = 'API_KEY'; //add your bit.ly APIkey
  $format = 'json'; //choose between json or xml
  $version = '2.0.1';
  //generate the URL
  $bitly = 'http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version='.$version.'&longUrl='.urlencode($url).'&login='.$login.'&apiKey='.$apikey.'&format='.$format;

  //fetch url
  $response = file_get_contents($bitly);
//for json formating
  if(strtolower($format) == 'json')
  {
    $json = @json_decode($response,true);
    echo $json['results'][$url]['shortUrl'];
  }
  else //for xml formatting
  {
    $xml = simplexml_load_string($response);
    echo 'http://bit.ly/'.$xml->results->nodeKeyVal->hash;
  }
}

zerkms · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-13 22:42:56Z

5

As long as it is supposed to be url and if there is http:// - then this solution is the simplest possible:

$url = str_replace('http://', '', $url);

answered Sep 13, 2012 at 22:42

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Chris Burton Over a year ago

Thank you, zerkms. I'm not entirely knowledgeable when it comes to PHP. Where would I put that line of code?

zerkms Over a year ago

@Christopher Burton: perhaps after $url = get_permalink(); line

Chris Burton Over a year ago

Now it doesn't output anything.

Chris Burton Over a year ago

Used @Nelson's solution. I appreciate your help.

Nelson Benítez León · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-13 22:43:38Z

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Change your following line:

 echo $json['results'][$url]['shortUrl'];

for this one:

 echo substr( $json['results'][$url]['shortUrl'], 7);

answered Sep 13, 2012 at 22:43

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Lance Bryant · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-13 22:43:52Z

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You want to do a preg_replace.

$variable = preg_replace( '/http:\/\//', '', $variable ); (this is untested, so you might also need to escape the : character ).

you can also achieve the same effect with $variable = str_replace('http://', '', $variable )

answered Sep 13, 2012 at 22:43

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user823738 Over a year ago

RE is so complex for such simple thing.

ChrisLively Over a year ago

I downvoted for the "this is untested, .." bit. Please take the time to ensure that your solution will actually work prior to posting it as an answer.

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