Get filename of file which ran PHP include

Question

When using the PHP include, how can I find out which file is calling the include? In short, what is the parent\'s file filename?

Answer 1

$fileList = get_included_files();
$topMost = $fileList[0];
if ($topMost == __FILE__) echo 'no parents';
else echo "parent is $topMost";

I think this should give the right result when there's a single parent.

By that I mean the situation where the parent is not a required or an included file itself.

Answer 2

I was searching same information on web for complement my online course about php and found two ways. The first was

$file = baseline($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
echo $file;  //that outputs file name

BUT, in include or require cases it gets the final file that it's included or required. Also found this, the second

$file = __FILE__;
echo $file; //that outputs the absolute way from file

BUT i just was looking for the file name. So... I mix it up and it worths well!

$file = basename(__FILE__);
echo $file; //that outputs the file name itself (no include/require problems)

Answer 3

An easy way is to assign a variable in the parent file (before the inclue), then reference that variable in the included file.

Parent File:

$myvar_not_replicated = __FILE__; // Make sure nothing else is going to overwrite
include 'other_file.php';

Included File:

if (isset($myvar_not_replicated)) echo "{$myvar_not_replicated} included me";
else echo "Unknown file included me";

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You could also mess around with get_included_files() or debug_backtrace() and find the event when and where the file got included, but that can get a little messy and complicated.

Answer 4

You could use debug_backtrace() directly with no additional changes from within the included file:

$including_filename = pathinfo(debug_backtrace()[0]['file'])['basename'];

This will give you the name of the file that's including you.

To see everything you have access to from within the included file, run this from within it:

print_r(debug_backtrace());

You will get something like:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [file] => /var/folder/folder/folder/file.php
            [line] => 554
            [function] => include
        )

)

Answer 5

Late answer, but ...

I check the running parent filename by using:

$_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"] // or 
$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] // (with query string)

Answer 6

Got this from here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/35622743/9270227

echo "Parent full URL: ";
echo $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] . '<br>';