Showing raw URL in IIS PHP 404 page

Question

I am using IIS and PHP. I have a custom 404 page which is a PHP script. On this page, I would like to display the original URL accessed. I am trying the following text plus server variable but it is just showing the site name and HTTP_REFERER is usually blank.

echo 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

What is the correct server variable(s) to use to get the raw URL in PHP/IIS.

This is the appropriate section in my web.config to call the custom 404 page:

<httpErrors>
  <remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
  <error statusCode="404" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="/404.php" responseMode="Redirect" />
</httpErrors>

*"and HTTP_REFERER is usually blank"* - That shouldn't be relied upon. Have a read here http://stackoverflow.com/a/6023980/ — Funk Forty Niner, Mar 12 '16 at 22:25
agreed, but what should I use in its place? Don't forget IIS has sent the browser to this page because the original page could not be found. — Rob Sedgwick, Mar 12 '16 at 22:57
Unfortunately Rob, I know nothing about IIS. See if this answer helps http://stackoverflow.com/a/13703882/ — Funk Forty Niner, Mar 12 '16 at 23:03

Rob Sedgwick · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-13T17:52:31.477

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Rather than use a redirect I do an ExecuteURL

<error statusCode="404" path="/404.php" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />

and for the variables to describe the page

echo 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

edited Mar 13 '16 at 17:52

answered Mar 12 '16 at 23:10

Rob Sedgwick

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Showing raw URL in IIS PHP 404 page

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