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$actual_link = 'http:'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; 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"; More info on parsing the URL: http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php