Get the full URL in PHP

Answer 1

Here is my solution - code is inspired by Tracy Debugger. It was changed for support different server ports. You can get full current URL including $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] or just the basic server URL. Check my function:

function getCurrentUrl($full = true) {
    if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
        $parse = parse_url(
            (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && strcasecmp($_SERVER['HTTPS'], 'off') ? 'https://' : 'http://') .
            (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] : (isset($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']) ? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] : '')) . (($full) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : null)
        );
        $parse['port'] = $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"]; // Setup protocol for sure (80 is default)
        return http_build_url('', $parse);
    }
}

Here is test code:

// Follow $_SERVER variables was set only for test
$_SERVER['HTTPS'] = 'off'; // on
$_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] = '9999'; // Setup
$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = 'some.crazy.server.5.name:8088'; // Port is optional there
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/150/tail/single/normal?get=param';

echo getCurrentUrl();
// http://some.crazy.server.5.name:9999/150/tail/single/normal?get=param

echo getCurrentUrl(false);
// http://some.crazy.server.5.name:9999/

Answer 2

I have used the below code, and it is working fine for me, for both cases, HTTP and HTTPS.

function curPageURL() {
  if(isset($_SERVER["HTTPS"]) && !empty($_SERVER["HTTPS"]) && ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] != 'on' )) {
        $url = 'https://'.$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];//https url
  }  else {
    $url =  'http://'.$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];//http url
  }
  if(( $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] != 80 )) {
     $url .= $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"];
  }
  $url .= $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
  return $url;
}

echo curPageURL();

Demo

Answer 3

Same technique as the accepted answer, but with HTTPS support, and more readable:

$current_url = sprintf(
    '%s://%s/%s',
    isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http',
    $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'],
    $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
);

Answer 4

Use this one-liner to find the parent folder URL (if you have no access to http_build_url() that comes along with pecl_http):

$url = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https://' : 'http://').$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].str_replace($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], '', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));