<?php
$url = 'http://username:password@hostname/path?arg=value#anchor' ;
print_r ( parse_url ( $url ));
echo parse_url ( $url , PHP_URL_PATH );
$url = 'http://username:password@hostname/path?arg=value#anchor' ;
print_r ( parse_url ( $url ));
echo parse_url ( $url , PHP_URL_PATH );
?>
Array ( [scheme] => http [host] => hostname [user] => username [pass] => password [path] => /path [query] => arg=value [fragment] => anchor )