Get full page URL with PHP

Question

I am trying to get the entire page URL as a string in PHP - so, if the requested URL is ./foo.php?arg1=test&arg2=test2, I get "./foo.php?arg1=test&arg2=test2".

I know that I can get the ./foo.php part from $_SERVER and the variables from $_GET, but I was wondering if there's an easy way to do it in just one fell swoop.

TIA.

Answer 1

If I open the following URL in my browser :

http://tests/temp/temp.php?a=145&b=glop

The following piece of code :

var_dump($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

Gives me :

string '/temp/temp.php?a=145&b=glop' (length=27)

So, $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] might be what you are looking for...

Answer 2

$url = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) == 'on' ? 'https' : 'http').'://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

This should return the full url based on what was typed in the address bar.

Answer 3

$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

http://au2.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php