How to fix a path with regex in php for PATHS and not break URLs?

Question

I want to replace // but not ://. I'm using this function to fix broken urls:

function fix ($path)
{
    return preg_replace( "/\/+/", "/", $path );
}

For example:

Input:

a//a//s/b/d//df//a/s/

Output (collapsed blocks of more than one slash):

a/a/s/b/d/df/a/s/

That is OK, but if I pass a URL I break the http:// part, and end up with http:/. For example:

http://www.domain.com/a/a/s/b/d/df/a/s/

I get:

http:/www.domain.com/a/a/s/b/d/df/a/s/

I want to keep the http:// intact:

http://www.domain.com/a/a/s/b/d/df/a/s/

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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You can solve it rather easily using a negative lookbehind:

function fix ($path)
{
    return preg_replace("#(?<!:)/{2,}#", "/", $path);
}

Note that I've also changed your delimiter from / to #, so you don't have to escape slashes.
Working example: http://ideone.com/6zGBg

This can still match the second slash if you have more than two (file://// -> file://). If this is a problem, you can use #(?<![:/])/{2,}#.
Example: http://ideone.com/T2mlR

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answered Jul 11, 2011 at 5:19

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jevon · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-11 04:10:16Z

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return preg_replace("/[^:]\/+/", "/", $path);

answered Jul 11, 2011 at 4:10

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Kobi Over a year ago

This will remove a character for every block - 12///3 -> 1/3

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