$re = '/^(([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(\/\/))([-;:&=\+\$,\w]+)[.]([-;:&=\+\$,\w]+)[.]([-;:&=\+\$,\w]+))(?:([.-;:&=\+\$,\w\/]*))$/m';
$str = 'https://blo23423423---4234g3.asd23423423asdas.uk.com/sdfs.com/first.html
';
preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0);
// Print the entire match result
var_dump($matches);
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