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URL directory echo

I need extract few directories from URL except first one if length = 2, for example:

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I need to only bold part and ignore first directory as it's length equal 2;

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I need all directories as first one isn't equal 2, and it doesn't matter what length of others.

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kaufmed

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kaufmed

This version accounts for the scheme also:

$result = preg_replace('#^(?:[^:]+://)?[^/]*|[^/]*$#', '', $input);   // Remove leading scheme and host
$result = preg_replace('#^/?[^/]{2}(?=/)#', '', $result);             // Remove first dir if it's 2 characters

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SSupreme

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Excuse me, which scheme?

kaufmed

Scheme as in "http:", "ftp:", "gopher:", etc. I didn't know if you had this (your example doesn't show it), but I included it just in case.

SSupreme

ASKER

ok it works 100%, I guess it was easy for you, so could you please suggest how to show name of directory if it's first and length = 2.

SSupreme

ASKER

You are Genius Indeed, thanks

kaufmed

so could you please suggest how to show name of directory if it's first and length = 2.

If I understand your question correctly, then I believe what you could do would be to change the second preg_replace to:

preg_match('#^(/?[^/]{2}(?=/))?(.*)$#', $result, $matches);             // Remove first dir if it's 2 characters

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You would have the 2-character directory (or empty string) in the second index of $matches, and you would have the remaining directories in the third index. In other words:

var_dump($matches[1]);  // 2-character directory (or empty string)
var_dump($matches[2]);  // Remaining directories

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SSupreme

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https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27405546/URL-directory-echo2.html