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--- php_tricks [2014/08/07 17:31] – created juckins
+++ php_tricks [2016/07/20 16:57] – juckins
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-# the entire URL of the current page, including query string
+<code>
+$actual_link = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
-$url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+echo "Our URL: $actual_link<br><br>\n";
+ # the entire URL of the current page, including query string
+$url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+echo "\$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ---> $url<br><br>\n";
 # the base URL of the current page without query string
 $url_base = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
+echo "\$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ---> $url_base<br><br>\n";
+# The web host
+$host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
+echo "\$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ---> $host<br><br>\n";
+# Just the path of the URL without the filename
+$path = substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 0, strrpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/') + 1);
+echo "Path of the URL without the filename ---> $path<br>\n";
+</code>
 More info on parsing the URL: http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php