diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d48b460..46d6986 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3",
-        "ext-curl": "*",
-        "ext-mbstring": "*"
+        "ext-curl": "*"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "ext-gd": "*",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "*",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "*"
     },
+    "suggest": {
+        "ext-mbstring": "*"
+    },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Curl\\": "src/Curl/"
diff --git a/src/Curl/StringUtil.php b/src/Curl/StringUtil.php
index 39bf48c..e5ca0e9 100644
--- a/src/Curl/StringUtil.php
+++ b/src/Curl/StringUtil.php
@@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ namespace Curl;
 
 class StringUtil
 {
+    public static function characterReversePosition($haystack, $needle, $part = false)
+    {
+        if (function_exists('\mb_strrchr')) {
+            return \mb_strrchr($haystack, $needle, $part);
+        } else {
+            return \strrchr($haystack, $needle);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function length($string)
+    {
+        if (function_exists('\mb_strlen')) {
+            return \mb_strlen($string);
+        } else {
+            return \strlen($string);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function position($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0)
+    {
+        if (function_exists('\mb_strpos')) {
+            return \mb_strpos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
+        } else {
+            return \strpos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function reversePosition($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0)
+    {
+        if (function_exists('\mb_strrpos')) {
+            return \mb_strrpos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
+        } else {
+            return \strrpos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return true when $haystack starts with $needle.
      *
@@ -15,6 +51,15 @@ class StringUtil
      */
     public static function startsWith($haystack, $needle)
     {
-        return \mb_substr($haystack, 0, \mb_strlen($needle)) === $needle;
+        return self::substring($haystack, 0, self::length($needle)) === $needle;
+    }
+
+    public static function substring($string, $start, $length)
+    {
+        if (function_exists('\mb_substr')) {
+            return \mb_substr($string, $start, $length);
+        } else {
+            return \substr($string, $start, $length);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Curl/Url.php b/src/Curl/Url.php
index e31715e..9c8df63 100644
--- a/src/Curl/Url.php
+++ b/src/Curl/Url.php
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ class Url
             //     buffer; otherwise,
             } elseif (StringUtil::startsWith($input, '/../')) {
                 $input = substr($input, 3);
-                $output = substr_replace($output, '', \mb_strrpos($output, '/'));
+                $output = substr_replace($output, '', StringUtil::reversePosition($output, '/'));
             } elseif ($input === '/..') {
                 $input = '/';
-                $output = substr_replace($output, '', \mb_strrpos($output, '/'));
+                $output = substr_replace($output, '', StringUtil::reversePosition($output, '/'));
 
             // D.  if the input buffer consists only of "." or "..", then remove
             //     that from the input buffer; otherwise,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Url
             //     the output buffer, including the initial "/" character (if
             //     any) and any subsequent characters up to, but not including,
             //     the next "/" character or the end of the input buffer.
-            } elseif (!(($pos = \mb_strpos($input, '/', 1)) === false)) {
+            } elseif (!(($pos = StringUtil::position($input, '/', 1)) === false)) {
                 $output .= substr($input, 0, $pos);
                 $input = substr_replace($input, '', 0, $pos);
             } else {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class Url
                     if (StringUtil::startsWith($r['path'], '/')) {
                         $target['path'] = self::removeDotSegments($r['path']);
                     } else {
-                        $base = \mb_strrchr($b['path'], '/', true);
+                        $base = StringUtil::characterReversePosition($b['path'], '/', true);
                         if ($base === false) {
                             $base = '';
                         }