php remove parameter from url code example

Example 1: remove .php from url

# Apache Rewrite Rules
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  Options +FollowSymLinks
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /

# Add trailing slash to url
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/|#(.*))$
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/ [R=301,L]

# Remove .php-extension from url
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
  RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)/$ $1.php 

# End of Apache Rewrite Rules
 </IfModule>

Example 2: remove get parameters from url php

function strip_param_from_url( $url, $param ) {
    $base_url = strtok($url, '?');              // Get the base url
    $parsed_url = parse_url($url);              // Parse it 
    $query = $parsed_url['query'];              // Get the query string
    parse_str( $query, $parameters );           // Convert Parameters into array
    unset( $parameters[$param] );               // Delete the one you want
    $new_query = http_build_query($parameters); // Rebuilt query string
    return $base_url.'?'.$new_query;            // Finally url is ready
}
// Usage
echo strip_param_from_url( 'http://url.com/search/?location=london&page_number=1', 
	'location' )