function strip_param_from_url( $url, $param ) { $base_url = strtok($url, '?'); // Get the base url $parsed_url = parse_url($url); // Parse it $query = $parsed_url['query']; // Get the query string parse_str( $query, $parameters ); // Convert Parameters into array unset( $parameters[$param] ); // Delete the one you want $new_query = http_build_query($parameters); // Rebuilt query string return $base_url.'?'.$new_query; // Finally url is ready } // Usage echo strip_param_from_url( 'http://url.com/search/?location=london&page_number=1', 'location' )