How to get full page title efficiently

Question

Is there any foolproof+resource efficient way to get the title of a page using javascript and php.
So far I've tried:
1) Getting the whole code of the page and then separating the title from it by using explode()
2) Using $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']

So, I just wanted to know if there is any better way of doing this.

Sayinf the title you don't mean the tab's title? If you want this it is fairly easy. — Christos, Jan 14 '15 at 09:17
Question is not clear about context, could you explain more about what you want achieve and code snippet. — Dileep, Jan 14 '15 at 09:18
If you mean getting a remote page, then get its html and use a DOM parser to get the `` (with php) — Brewal, Jan 14 '15 at 09:18
possible duplicate of [How to get current html page title with javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9228947/how-to-get-current-html-page-title-with-javascript) — Kevin, Jan 14 '15 at 09:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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You could the title of the page using JavaScript as simple as document.title.

<script type="text/javascript">
    var title = document.title;
</script>

If you want to get the title of the page using jQuery, you could try this:

$(function(){
    var title = $('title').text();
})

Update

The above can be applied, if you are the "owner" of the page. If you want to get the title of a page given it's url, there is a helpful link here, which addresses this problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Jan 14 '15 at 09:20

Christos

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Is there a way to do this in php also(foolproof+efficient). – raw_orb Jan 14 '15 at 09:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '15 at 09:21

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Just try this:

<script type="text/javascript">
 alert(document.title);
</script>

answered Jan 14 '15 at 09:21

Priyank

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Thanks for the js solution but I also wanted a php solution – raw_orb Jan 14 '15 at 09:24
No, its just a custom made website. – raw_orb Jan 14 '15 at 09:29

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

@Christos has supplied a helpful link for getting the title using file_get_content() and the full url of the page.

There is another approach to this, using the PHP Output Buffering Control. In this approach you will start the PHP page with ob_start(); then have your HTML code and then flush the output. in this scenario you you will have all the HTML code in the PHP buffer and can work on it as you like using the same regular expression as suggested in the file_get_content() answer.

<?php
    $title = NULL; // will hold the page title

    ob_start(); // start output control    
?>
<!-- HTML PAGE CODE HERE -->
<html>
<head>
<title>Page title from tag</title>
</head>
<body>

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing 
elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa . </p>    

</body>
</html>

<?php

    // find the title in the buffer using ob_get_contents
    if (preg_match('{<title[^>]*>(.*?)<\/title[ ]*>}i', ob_get_contents(), $matches)) {
        $title = $matches[1];
    }

    // flush the buffer to screen
    ob_end_flush();

    // work with the title variable - check first if null
    echo '<hr/>'.$title;
?>

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 14 '15 at 09:19

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title property of document object is what you need.

var title = document.title;

If you are using jQuery to bring in another page, you could do on it, $(data).find('title').text()

answered Jan 14 '15 at 09:19

Amit Joki

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How to get full page title efficiently

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