$php_self

bajanagent

I am trying to use bookmark hyperlinks within one of my php pages. The problem is that I have a base href value specified, and because of this if I use the standard 'echo"<a href=\"$PHP_SELF#bookmark\">" it is returned as http://www.mysite.com/#bookmark and not the http://www.mysite.com/mypage.php?function=1#bookmark which I am attempting to get back.

Is there any easy ways around this? (apart from removing the base href tag that is)

I searched the backboards and didn't see anything relevant. Thanks in advance.

csousley

Build a phpinfo(); page, that will show you alot about your version of php. At the bottom of that page it will also show you some server variables and stuff. Look for something like:

_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]

I think that will bring back the path and any variable send in the header. Double check that though. You can then access this variable in your code by adding a $, like this:

$url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];

to create the phpinfo page create a page that only contains this:

<? phpinfo(); ?>

and head to the bottom. It may help to hit the page with something in the header to test it. Something like this:

www.apples.com/info.php?test=yes

and you should see a server variable that says:

/info.php?test=yes

Make sence or am I running on, and on, and on? Need more help let me know.

python_q

csousley is absolutely right. All you need is $SERVER['REQUEST_URI'].
Btw, for future reference, using global variables like $php_self only works if register_globals is on in the PHP configuration. That being said, it's better practice to always use $SERVER['PHP_SELF'] as opposed to $php_self or $_GET['function'] instead of $function.

bajanagent

The $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] variable was all I needed! thaks for the prompt responses.