You could also use this: function getdomainname($name) { $parts = explode('.',$name); return $parts[count($parts)-2]; } which will always return the second to last section when divided up by the periods. So it will return 'domain' for all of the following: www.domain.com www.subdomain.domain.org subdomain.domain.org domain.museum ---John Holmes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "heilo" <grillen@abendstille.at> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:27 PM Subject: Re: function needed > Hi! > > I hope I understood you right... I would use PCREs: > > <?php > > function getdomainname($string) > { > $pattern = '#(([[:alnum:]]+)(\.))?(.+)(\.)([[:alnum:]]+)#i'; > $replace = '\\4'; > return preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $string); > } > > $var = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']; > > echo getdomainname($var); > > ?> > > > .ma > > Shahar Tal <admin@websitefaq.com> wrote@24.01.2003 18:44 Uhr: > > > Hey > > > > I'm looking and wondering for a function, as i'm trying to do something, and > > here it is. > > > > I'm using the SSI call : > > <!--#echo var="HTTP_HOST" -->. > > to get the domain name I am on. this will output > > > > www.domain.com. > > > > I would like to use PHP in order to take this string, the output, and cut > > the "www." and the ".com" from it, so only the "domain" will remain. > > ofcourse we can also have situations whith ".org" and ".net" and even where > > there's no "www." but the main thing I need is to remove whats > > after the second dot and before the first dot, along with the dots. > > > > I don't mind writing all the posibilities to the function, ie, all the > > possible extenstions that the function may need to cut, I just need it to > > take > > the text from the SSI, and cut everything but the "domain" part, which is > > the address itself. > > > > what would be the best way to do it? > > thank you!! > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php