[z0tpyrk]

I've no expierence in doing this and i do not know how to google.

Example:

https://hackforums.net


get the chars between http:// and .net
so the output is hackforums

how would i do this?

[Knar.]

You would explode the string.

PHP Code


<?php 
$str = explode('http://', 'https://hackforums.net');
printf($str); 


[Orgy]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56964...trings-php

i do not know how to google.

You could literally type in the title of your thread into Google and get the answer. Prepend or append php to it and you've got an even better answer. At least put in a little effort.

[badbrains]

if you only need to parse a url, use parse_url.

PHP Code


<?php 
$u = parse_url('https://hackforums.net');
var_dump($u); 


[DerekM]

if you only need to parse a url, use parse_url.

PHP Code


<?php 
$u = parse_url('https://hackforums.net');
var_dump($u); 


Good example for urls Wolf.

I know several other more efficient ways to get text "between 2 chars", like Orgy and others have mentioned above but
here's a PHP beginners example. Much longer than other methods but I'm posting it just for OP learning purposes.

PHP Code


<?php
$content = '<html><title>Hello World</title></html>';

$search  = '<title>';
$start = strpos($content, $search) + strlen($search);
$stop = strpos($content, '</title>', $start);
$length = ($stop - $start);
$result = substr($content, $start, $length);
echo $result;
?>

[RedWaters]

My 2 cents

PHP Code


<?php 
preg_match('/http:\/\/(.*)\.net/','https://hackforums.net',$n);
echo $n[1]; 


[VladHQ]

My 2 cents

PHP Code


<?php 
preg_match('/http:\/\/(.*)\.net/','https://hackforums.net',$n);
echo $n[1]; 


Eww, RegEx. @OP, are you trying to use this on URL's only or just anything else?