PHP help please?

[Mainutz M]

I have this (just an example):var first="www.mysite.com?id=3&q=nice+game ";and I want:var second="www.mysite.com" How can I do that ?I mean, extract only the domain from that url

[Chase C]

Ohh ok..preg_match ---EDIT---Rasmah, he wants to extract the domain from a url, not just echo them..

[steve.zaptech]

By using the following code you will get the domain name from the url.........

echo $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];

[Sam Jepsum]

This does not always work as the Server name set in Apache does not always match the URL... just a heads up!