Parse Domain From String Text [duplicate]

Question

I would like to search through the strings I have and pull out the domain name that may end with .com .net etc...

$string = "Just head over to nba.com";
$string = "visit cnn.net";

Please help me extract the domain name above into a variable.

Thank you in advance.

What have you tried and what issues did you encounter with those solutions? — sean
– sean, Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 6:09
Is domain always the last item on the string or it may appear at different positions ? — Prix
– Prix, Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 6:10
Googling php parse url from string turns up many useful solutions. — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 6:10

Expedito · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-29 06:21:49Z

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if (preg_match_all('/\w+\.(com|net)/', $text, $matches)){
   print_r($matches);
}

The first match will be:

echo $matches[0][0];

answered Jul 29, 2013 at 6:21

Expedito

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