public static function parse_url($url)
	{
		$result = array();

		// Build arrays of values we need to decode before parsing
		$entities = array('%3A', '%40', '%26', '%3D', '%2F', '%3F', '%23', '%5B', '%5D');
		$replacements = array(":", "@", "&", "=", "/", "?", "#", "[", "]");

		// Create encoded URL with special URL characters decoded so it can be parsed
		// All other characters will be encoded
		$encodedURL = str_replace($entities, $replacements, urlencode($url));

		// Parse the encoded URL
		$encodedParts = parse_url($encodedURL);

		// Now, decode each value of the resulting array
		foreach ($encodedParts as $key => $value)
		{
			$result[$key] = urldecode($value);
		}

		return $result;
	}