PHP: Replace first part of an url

Question

I would like to change the first part of my url.

I have this url

www.website.com/download/long-file-name-123

I would like to change the "download" part to "downloads" like this.

www.website.com/downloads/long-file-name-123

The problem is that the url can also look like this:

www.website.com/download/files/file/long-file-name-123

So i need some way to always only change the first part of the url,

I think you might find parse_url() helpful php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php — Mark_1
– Mark_1, Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 10:01
Is this URL your website address on which you're receiving requests or is it another site (e.g. for cURL requests)? — Nate Reynolds
– Nate Reynolds, Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 10:05
"I have this url" -- that is not an URL; an URL starts with a scheme (f.e. http) followed by a colon (:) and so on. F.e. http://www.website.com/download/long-file-name-123. — axiac
– axiac, Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 10:06

Damian Dziaduch · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-13 10:06:54Z

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php > $url = 'www.website.com/download/long-file-name-123';
php > $newUrl = str_replace('www.website.com/download', 'www.website.com/downloads', $url);
php > var_dump($newUrl);
string(44) "www.website.com/downloads/long-file-name-123"

answered Jun 13, 2018 at 10:06

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Jay Shankar Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-13 10:22:20Z

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<?php
echo str_replace("download","downloads","www.website.com/download/long-file-name-123");
?>

For First occurrence of download

<?php
$urls = array("www.website.com/download/long-file-name-123","www.website.com/download/files/file/long-file-name-123");
$arrlength = count($urls);
for($x = 0; $x < $arrlength; $x++)
{
    $pos = strpos($urls[$x], "download");
    if ($pos !== false) {
        $newstring = substr_replace($urls[$x], "downloads", $pos, strlen("download"));
        echo ($newstring);
        echo ("\n");
    }
}
?>

Output:

www.website.com/downloads/long-file-name-123
www.website.com/downloads/files/file/long-file-name-123

Live Demo:

http://tpcg.io/7tv7nF

edited Jun 13, 2018 at 10:22

answered Jun 13, 2018 at 10:06

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