Question

If I had a url such as www.example.com/test/example/product.html

How would I be able to get just the test part(so the top level)

I understand you would use $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] and maybe substr or trim

But I am unsure of how to do this, thank you!

Answer 1

Split the string into an array with explode, and then take the part you need.

$whatINeed = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
$whatINeed = $whatINeed[1];

If you use PHP 5.4, you can do $whatINeed = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])[1];