Get `nth` word of URL parameter in PHP

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To break the string at a space, you would use the explode function. That separates the parameter and breaks it into an array, so to get the first word you just need to get the 0th index:

$fullname = explode(" ", $_GET["name"])[0];

If space in your URL is encoded as in your example, you just need to replace the space with the encoding:

$fullname = explode("%20", $_GET["name"])[0];

Edit: As pointed out in the comments, the first method should be the way to go because your method of getting the parameter automatically decodes the URL.

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