How can I detect the name of my current URL if I include my php script on another page?

Question

This is my home.php:

require('header.php');

This is my header.php

if (basename(__FILE__) == "home.php"){
        echo "you are on home.php"; 
} else {
        echo "you are not on home.php";
}

When I now open the URL www.mypage.com/home.php I see the text you are not on home.php

`__FILE__` is a macro which will always return the filename in which it is defined - i.e. in this case, it will always equal `"header.php"`. Answers to this question may solve your problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6768793/get-the-full-url-in-php — Tom Lord, Jun 22 '16 at 08:17
@TomLord Yes, but this gives me the full URL, this is not what I need. I need only the filename — peace_love, Jun 22 '16 at 08:20

b0ne · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-22T08:26:08.733

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Try something like this

<?php
    $explode = explode("/", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
    $explode = explode("?", $explode[count($explode)-1]);

    echo $explode[0];

edited Jun 22 '16 at 08:26

answered Jun 22 '16 at 08:17

b0ne

Thank you, this is almost working well, the problem is still that I now get the URL `home.php?id=22` as a result. I would only need `home.php` – peace_love Jun 22 '16 at 08:22
`";print_r(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));?>` and check what outputs? – Alive to die - Anant Jun 22 '16 at 08:25
I've updated the code, it should work now as you want it :) – b0ne Jun 22 '16 at 08:26
I tested this: `$test = $explode[count($explode)-1];` and this `echo substr($test, 0, strpos($test, "?"));` It is working – peace_love Jun 22 '16 at 08:35
That's another way of doing it :) Glad i could help you – b0ne Jun 22 '16 at 08:37

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