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Turn the URL into an array, splitting it on the ? and use the first piece of the array.
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I'm wanting to strip off any referral tags from Facebook URL.<br />
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Example:<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiquidWebInc?fref=ts" rel="ugc">https://www.facebook.com/LiquidWebInc?fref=ts</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CocaColaUnitedStates?brand_redir=1" rel="ugc">https://www.facebook.com/CocaColaUnitedStates?brand_redir=1</a><br />
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I'd want to strip off ?fref=ts using PHP before inserting into my database. ?fref=ts is not static and could be other text. &nbsp;It appears it's all pre-fixed with a &quot;?&quot;
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I'm wanting to strip off any referral tags from Facebook URL.

Example:
https://www.facebook.com/LiquidWebInc?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/CocaColaUnitedStates?brand_redir=1

I'd want to strip off ?fref=ts using PHP before inserting into my database. ?fref=ts is not static and could be other text.  It appears it's all pre-fixed with a "?"

Strip Referral Tag of URL

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