Extract first URL Segment from full URL

php, regex, slug

Solution

You can use:

$url = 'http://www.domain.com/River-Island/River-Island-T-Shirt-with-Triangle-Girl-Print/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2516020';
$parsed = parse_url($url);
$path = $parsed['path'];
$path_parts = explode('/', $path);
$desired_output = $path_parts[1]; // 1, because the string begins with slash (/)

Problem

How can the first URL segment be extracted from the full URL? The first URL segment should be cleaned to replace the `-` with a space ``. Full URL ``` http://www.domain.com/River-Island/River-Island-T-Shirt-with-Triangle-Girl-Print/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2516020 ``` Desired Outpput ``` River Island ```

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