How to extract Domain Name from Full URL in PHP - PHP Extract Tutorial

Simple PHP Fucnction to extract Domain Name from full urls.

PHP Function for extracting Domain Name

Create a function.php file and insert following code

function.php

Example: PHP

<?php
function get_domain($url)
{ $pieces = parse_url($url); $domain = isset($pieces['host']) ? $pieces['host'] : $pieces['path']; if (preg_match('/(?P<domain>[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{1,63}\.[a-z\.]{2,6})$/i', $domain, $regs)) { return $regs['domain']; } return false;
}
?>

PHP Code For Extracting

Create an index.php file and run following code

index.php

Example: PHP

<?php
include("function.php");
$domain_name = 'https://horje.com/learn/511/how-to-set-html-autofocus-attribute-in-input';
$domain_name = get_domain($domain_name);
echo $domain_name;
// Result: horje.com
?>

Full completed Code for Extracting Domain

Here is full completed code.

index.php

Example: PHP

<?php
function get_domain($url)
{ $pieces = parse_url($url); $domain = isset($pieces['host']) ? $pieces['host'] : $pieces['path']; if (preg_match('/(?P<domain>[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{1,63}\.[a-z\.]{2,6})$/i', $domain, $regs)) { return $regs['domain']; } return false;
}
?>
<?php
$domain_name = 'https://horje.com/learn/511/how-to-set-html-autofocus-attribute-in-input';
$domain_name = get_domain($domain_name);
echo $domain_name;
// Result: horje.com
?>

Output should be:

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