Copy exact URL

zzz

I need to grab an entire URL from my browser's address window. Currently I encode a few variable into my URL and I actually need to get it as is:

http://mydomain.com/?myvar=asdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasd

I tried: $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] but it's clearly not what I need. There's got to be a function to get the URL without decoding it. Can't seem to be able to find it in the manual...

TF_TheMoon

Just concatenate two of the $SERVER entries
$SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

zzz

Oh, I'm sorry I was not very clear. I briefly mentioned that I encode my vars into a single var in URL. I use a class that takes all my $_GET vars

page.php?var1=1&var2=bob&var3=Monday

then encodes them into a single string and outputs the them like

page.php?encoderVar=A1JHXygCE1JRTUJbUlRUFVoGeiFeBAcUFQtfRA1

It also decodes it back on receipt for the page to function properly.

So what I need to do is to get a snapshot of the encoded URL, because I do not need to decode it, but rather email it.

Is this is something that's possible?

greenie2600

TF@TheMoon's answer still applies. $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] returns the URL that was used to request the page, raw and unmodified.

If $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] returns something other than the URL that's displayed in your browser window, it's possible that your URL-encoding class is actually redirecting to a different URL behind the scenes. Search the code for a header() directive - if you find something that reads header( "URL: something" ) or header( "Location: something" ), then this is probably what's happening.

zzz

Well, like I said my class does all the magic behind the scene. So I guess my only solution is to get the actual URL before the class kicks in.

I was just wondering if there was a way to get an actual snapshot of the URL.

leatherback

WHAT do you want to email? The variable?

$var = $_GET['encoderVar'];

Else.. go with the suggestions already made. Did you even try them?