Get the subdomain from a URL

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Getting the subdomain from a URL sounds easy at first.

http://www.domain.example

Scan for the first period then return whatever came after the "http://" ...

Then you remember

http://super.duper.domain.example

Oh. So then you think, okay, find the last period, go back a word and get everything before!

Then you remember

http://super.duper.domain.co.uk

And you're back to square one. Anyone have any great ideas besides storing a list of all TLDs?

John

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