Using explode on URL to get the array number of each string

Question

Hi I'm trying to get the controller from a url request for example:

$url = http://www.yourDomain.com/request/code

I'm using this code:
$control = array();

$control = explode('/', $url);

now i would like to get the 'request' string from that url so i use:

$get = $control[3];

I think I'm confuse about the numbering of the array since there is two slashes after http:

would array assign a number in between slashes?
something like this

$control[0] = http:
$control[1] = '';
$control[2] = www.yourDomain.com;
$control[3] = request;
$control[4] = code;

The part with double slashes confuses me.

Consider parse_url for the basic separation. Or better yet preg_match for asserting and extracting from the whole string. (Don't use explode for everything.) — mario
– mario, Commented Sep 5, 2015 at 16:37

user5303823 · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-05 17:06:15Z

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In this case a null value will also can be assigned to array so your array should be like this...

Array
(
   [0] => http:
   [1] => 
   [2] => www.yourDomain.com
   [3] => request
   [4] => code
)

answered Sep 5, 2015 at 17:06

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