The new, standards‑compliant URI/URL API in PHP 8.5 — Amit Merchant — A blog on PHP, JavaScript, and more
PHP’s parse_url was not compliant with RFC 3986 (generic, permissive URIs) or WHATWG URL (browser-style URLs), leading to inconsistent behavior, interoperability problems with tools like cURL, and subtle security issues such as parsing confusion.| Amit Merchant
