getHost.php

function getHost($Address) { 
   $parseUrl = parse_url(trim($Address)); 
   return trim($parseUrl['host'] ? $parseUrl['host'] : array_shift(explode('/', $parseUrl['path'], 2))); 
} 

getHost("example.com"); // Gives example.com 
getHost("http://example.com"); // Gives example.com 
getHost("www.example.com"); // Gives www.example.com 
getHost("http://example.com/xyz"); // Gives example.com