retrieve filename

mvhall

Hi Gurus,
I am quite new to php, but would appreciate some help on the following:
I would like to somehow retrieve the filename of the page hosting a flash movie, and pass this to the swf. I know how to pass variables to the swf but am stuck with retrieving the filename. Also using a tag in the HTML page (or php) is not an option as it has to be a solution for dummies, only able to copy a php or html page and rename it.
Would anybody be able to guide me in the right direction with a Tutorial or answer? Is "PHP_self" the answer, or does that one just takes the filename from the browser (which is different to the original one!?).
Thanks

JDcrack

It really depends on what you are trying to do...
Here are some global variables you can use:
assuming your URL is:

http://www.domain.com/index.php?foo=1&bar=2

$REQUEST_URI  // = index.php?foo=1&bar=2
$SCRIPT_NAME //= index.php
$SCRIPT_FILENAME  //returns absolute path =/home/user/www/index.php
$QUERY_STRING //=foo=1&bar=2
$PHP_SELF //= index.php

mvhall

What I am trying to do is following:
provide the user a standard php page with a flash movie that displays text and pictures. The picture name and text is read by the swf from a text file. The user can copy the standard page, rename it and create a text file with the same name (just with extention .txt). A script on that page should get the name (the renamed filename) and pass it to the swf. This way the user can update his flash page without any knowledge of php html nor flash. So just asking myself now three questions:
1) what is the difference between $php_self and $script_name
2) do I use $_server[php_self] or &PHP_Self (or the other variable script_name)
3) if my hoster has got php4, what is the chance of it NOT working

I feel I am getting to a solution....yes

JDcrack

1) This is the PHP manual's defintion:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php
'SCRIPT_NAME'
Contains the current script's path. This is useful for pages which need to point to themselves.

'PHP_SELF'
The filename of the currently executing script, relative to the document root. For instance, $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] in a script at the address http://example.com/test.php/foo.bar would be /test.php/foo.bar.
If PHP is running as a command-line processor, this variable is not available.

2)Hmmm, good question, my inclanation would be to use $PHP_SELF

3) This really depends on how your hosting company is setup. I mean, Assuming that your hosting company has installed PHP 4 and it is compiled correctly, there is no reason it should not work.