UrlHelper::parse

public static UrlHelper::parse($url)

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public static function parse($url) {
  $options = array(
    'path' => NULL,
    'query' => array(),
    'fragment' => '',
  );

  // External URLs: not using parse_url() here, so we do not have to rebuild
  // the scheme, host, and path without having any use for it.
  if (strpos($url, '://') !== FALSE) {
    // Split off everything before the query string into 'path'.
    $parts = explode('?', $url);

    // Don't support URLs without a path, like 'http://'.
    list(, $path) = explode('://', $parts[0], 2);
    if ($path != '') {
      $options['path'] = $parts[0];
    }
    // If there is a query string, transform it into keyed query parameters.
    if (isset($parts[1])) {
      $query_parts = explode('#', $parts[1]);
      parse_str($query_parts[0], $options['query']);
      // Take over the fragment, if there is any.
      if (isset($query_parts[1])) {
        $options['fragment'] = $query_parts[1];
      }
    }
  }
  // Internal URLs.
  else {
    // parse_url() does not support relative URLs, so make it absolute. For
    // instance, the relative URL "foo/bar:1" isn't properly parsed.
    $parts = parse_url('http://example.com/' . $url);
    // Strip the leading slash that was just added.
    $options['path'] = substr($parts['path'], 1);
    if (isset($parts['query'])) {
      parse_str($parts['query'], $options['query']);
    }
    if (isset($parts['fragment'])) {
      $options['fragment'] = $parts['fragment'];
    }
  }

  return $options;
}