How do I extract information from / parse a URL path?

[Laytex]

Hi 😃

Say someone is directed to this URL:
http://www.myweb.com/something_here/

How do I get the "something_here" out of the path and assign it to a variable?

Keep in mind the last forward slash might be omitted, "something_here" could be "something_else" or anything for that matter, or their could be more stuff after "something_here" like:
http://www.myweb.com/something_here/index.php

THANKS in advance for any valuable help!
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[Weedpacket]

I believe there is a function called [man]parse_url[/man]. Perhaps that might be useful.

[jennides]

You could try basename();

That might do the trick for you, although it might only work on file names.

If that doesn't work try $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];