Here is utf-8 compatible parse_url() replacement function based on "laszlo dot janszky at gmail dot com" work. Original incorrectly handled URLs with user:pass. Also made PHP 5.5 compatible (got rid of now deprecated regex /e modifier).
<?php
function mb_parse_url($url)
{
$enc_url = preg_replace_callback(
'%[^:/@?&=#]+%usD',
function ($matches)
{
return urlencode($matches[0]);
},
$url
);
$parts = parse_url($enc_url);
if($parts === false)
{
throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Malformed URL: ' . $url);
}
foreach($parts as $name => $value)
{
$parts[$name] = urldecode($value);
}
return $parts;
}
?>