PHP - How to get the http part from a string

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This is my var_dump();

string(244) "a:3:{s:3:"url";s:81:"http://rsl.local/wp-content/uploads/wp-user-manager-uploads/2018/03/time-icon.png";s:4:"path";s:101:"/Users/aaronsummers/Sites/rsl-awards/wp-content/uploads/wp-user-manager-uploads/2018/03/time-icon.png";s:4:"size";i:1342;}"

How can i grab the url section? "http://rsl.local/wp-content/uploads/wp-user-manager-uploads/2018/03/time-icon.png" (without the quotes)

Im trying to get the image url which is: rsl.local/wp-content/uploads/wp-user-manager-uploads/2018/03/… — Aaron
– Aaron, Commented Mar 28, 2018 at 18:54

ChristianM · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-28 18:55:26Z

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This is a serialized PHP array, so a simple unserialize on that string should give you an array back on which you can just access the url key:

$array = unserialize($yourString);
echo $array['url'];

answered Mar 28, 2018 at 18:55

ChristianM

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Aaron Over a year ago

Thanks for the help, i'd not used unserialize before, unfortunately Alex pipped you to the post by a few seconds.

Alex Howansky · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-28 18:55:28Z

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This is a serialized string. Just unserialize it, and then dereference the 'url' key:

$url = unserialize($str)['url'];

answered Mar 28, 2018 at 18:55

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Aaron Over a year ago

This is a revelation, thanks. I've not come across unserialize before.

Aaron Over a year ago

I was watching the post, you answered 5 seconds before @ChristianM

Richard · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-28 19:42:27Z

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Use PHP unserialize to get the url.

$url = unserialize($str);
http://php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php

edited Mar 28, 2018 at 19:42

answered Mar 28, 2018 at 19:00

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