Any alternatives to this ?

Anon

$texturl = urlencode("http://". $SERVER['HTTP_HOST']. $SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

Are they any alternatives to using the above code to encode the current page ?

I'm using the above code to form a url for a print format script. It requires the url of the current page to form the url for example :

http://www.phpbuilder.com/print.php?$texturl

which should then form

http://www.phpbuilder.com/print.php?http://www.phpbuilder.com

(but encoded)

The above code works fine on my test server (win2k latest php build with no restrictions like safe mode etc.) but when I try it live on my linux box (old php version but patched up, and with some security restrictions) it doesn't work and the url is blank ie.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/print.php?

If there are any alternative methods of achieving the same effect I'd love to know !

Thanks for any help you can offer me :-)

Anon

What version is the PHP version on your server? If it's older than 4.1.0, you'll need to use $HTTP_SERVER_VARS instead of $_SERVER.

Diego

Anon

$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REQUEST_URI']

Doesn't work either. I'm beginning to wonder if this is a bug with safe mode possibly ?

Im using an older version of php than 4.1.0 but it's patched up fully.

Thanks for your reply :-)

Anon

nevermind all fixed :-)

Anon

If it's older than 4.1.0, then you can't use $_SERVER, even if it's patched up.

If it's in a function, make sure you declare $HTTP_SERVER_VARS global, because $HTTP_SERVER_VARS is not a superglobal like $_SERVER.

Example:

function func() {
global $HTTP_SERVER_VARS;
print $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REQUEST_URI'];
}

Diego