How can I get the full URL in PHP, not just part of it?

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I am using echo $url=$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

However it displays /consultant-dietitians/staff-single/ only, where I want to fetch the full URL.

This sounds like an XY-problem http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem - Please tell us about X, not Y. — Halcyon, Sep 11 '13 at 15:06

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 14:49

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Use $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] to get the host name wp.raddyx.in

Use $_SERVER["HTTPS"] to check for http vs https.

You might need $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] too and some other misc things that can appear in a URL (like PHP_AUTH_USER)

You can not get the hash part of the URL (#Fiona%20Brown) since hashes are client-side only. They are not sent to the server.

answered Sep 11 '13 at 14:49

Halcyon

Missing `#Fiona%20Brown` – Quentin Sep 11 '13 at 14:50
Thanks, but what I am looking for is the url containing the #string i.e http://wp.raddyx.in/consultant-dietitians/staff-single/#Fiona%20Brown, currently I am getting up to http://wp.raddyx.in/consultant-dietitians/staff-single/ see the string after the # is missing from my original URL!! – Debakant Mohanty Sep 11 '13 at 14:56
Like I said, that's impossible. The server never sees the hash part. Why do you need the hash part? – Halcyon Sep 11 '13 at 14:57
Well I am using wordpress if I do not use the hash part then I get a page not found error!! – Debakant Mohanty Sep 11 '13 at 14:59
@DebakantMohanty Then I suggest you use `mod_rewrite` for that. – Funk Forty Niner Sep 11 '13 at 15:02
Thanks Fred,I am not sure how to use a mod_rewrite in my wordpress .htaccess file, can you please send me a sample?? – Debakant Mohanty Sep 11 '13 at 15:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 14:50

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Use $_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]:

$url = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";

answered Sep 11 '13 at 14:50

zavg

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Well using "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]" I only get up to http://wp.raddyx.in/consultant-dietitians/staff-single/ but I want get the string after the # i.e. http://wp.raddyx.in/consultant-dietitians/staff-single/#Fiona%20Brown – Debakant Mohanty Sep 11 '13 at 14:54
@novo, `echo "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";` produces `http://localhost/test.php` for me. My PHP version must be magic :) – davidkonrad Sep 11 '13 at 14:54
@Novocaine88 It is possible notation – zavg Sep 11 '13 at 14:54
@davidkonrad The browser doesn't actually send anything that comes after the hash(#) to the server because it is resolved within the browser. – zavg Sep 11 '13 at 14:56
My bad, I assumed the use of quotes within the array e.g. `['HTTP_HOST']` which wouldn't work. In my haste glazed over the fact you didn't do that, in which case this is fine. – Novocaine Sep 11 '13 at 14:58
@zavg - doesnt remember claiming that #fragments was included in REQUEST_URI – davidkonrad Sep 11 '13 at 15:01
This solution will fail for `https://` – Edson Medina Nov 02 '17 at 12:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 14:53

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echo $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

answered Sep 11 '13 at 14:53

sikas

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