Get URL query string parameters

Question

What is the \"less code needed\" way to get parameters from a URL query string which is formatted like the following?

www.mysite.com/category/subcateg

Answer 1

Programming Language: PHP

// Inintialize URL to the variable 
$url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnMxsGeDz90'; 

// Use parse_url() function to parse the URL 
// and return an associative array which 
// contains its various components 
$url_components = parse_url($url); 

// Use parse_str() function to parse the 
// string passed via URL 
parse_str($url_components['query'], $params); 

// Display result 
echo 'v parameter value is '.$params['v'];

This worked for me. I hope, it will also help you :)