trim url(query string) - php

Question

I have a query string like the one given below:
http://localhost/project/viewMember.php?sort=Y2xhc3M=&class=Mw==&page=9
Now variable: page in query string can be anywhere within the query string either in beginning or middle or at end (like ?page=9 or &page=9& or &page=9).
Now, I need to remove page=9 from my query string and get a valid query string.

Answer 1

Lots of ways this could be done, including regex (as seen below). This is the most robust method I can think of, although it is more complex than the other methods.
Use parse_url to get the query string from the url (or write your own function).
Use parse_str to convert the query string into an array
unset the key that you don't want
Use http_build_query to reassemble the array into a query string
Then reconstruct the Url (if required)

Answer 2

Try:
preg_replace('/page=\d+/', '', $url);

Answer 3

Tried writing a function for this. Seems to work:
<?php
$url = "http://localhost/project/viewMember.php?sort=Y2xhc3M=&class=Mw==&page=9";
// prints http://localhost/project/viewMember.php?sort=Y2xhc3M=&class=Mw==
print changeURL($url) . "\n";
$url = "http://localhost/project/viewMember.php?sort=Y2xhc3M=&page=9&class=Mw==";
// prints http://localhost/project/viewMember.php?sort=Y2xhc3M=&class=Mw==
print changeURL($url) . "\n";
function changeURL($url)
{
$arr = parse_url($url);
$query = $arr['query'];
$pieces = explode('&',$query);
for($i=0;$i<count($pieces);$i++)
{
if(preg_match('/^page=\d+/',$pieces[$i]))
unset($pieces[$i]);
}
$query = implode('&',$pieces);
return "$arr[scheme]://$arr[host]$arr[user]$arr[pass]$arr[path]?$query$arr[fragment]";
}
?>

Answer 4

I created these two functions:
function cleanQuery($queryLabels){
// Filter all items in $_GET which are not in $queryLabels
if(!is_array($queryLabels)) return;
foreach($_GET as $queryLabel => $queryValue)
if(!in_array($queryLabel, $queryLabels) || ($queryValue == ''))
unset($_GET[$queryLabel]);
ksort($_GET);
}
function amendQuery($queryItems = array()){
$queryItems = array_merge($_GET, $queryItems);
ksort($queryItems);
return http_build_query($queryItems);
}
To remove the page part I would use
$_GET = amendQuery(array('page'=>null));
cleanQuery does the opposite. Pass in an array of the terms you want to keep.

Answer 5

function remove_part_of_qs($removeMe)
{
$qs = array();
foreach($_GET as $key => $value)
{
if($key != $removeMe)
{
$qs[$key] = $value;
}
}
return "?" . http_build_query($qs);
}
echo remove_part_of_qs("page");
This should do it, this is my first post on StackOverflow, so go easy!