title: parse_url() with colons and numbers
body: <p>Since I don't have access to mod rewrite I am using this to parse my URL.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$path = explode("/", parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So when my URL is <code>/page/action/1</code> it works nicely. I get this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[0] =&gt; [1] =&gt; page [2] =&gt; action [3] =&gt; 1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However when I have something like: <code>/page/action/simple:1</code> it breaks. It returns nothing.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know why this happens what I can do to fix it?</p>