That can get ugly too. I have a function that takes in a (possibly malformed) URL and returns a key-value array of its parts ... seems straightforward, but it's

That can get ugly too. I have a function that takes in a (possibly malformed) URL and returns a key-value array of its parts ... seems straightforward, but it's about 300 lines, and this site includes some tests that I haven't bothered to concoct yet, so mine probably isn't even complete. URIs are one of those things that make you go, "Oh! That should be easy!", and then a week later you're walking around looking for puppies to kick.