Rolling around in the dark here

kiwi2

$ur = $SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
$dir = dirname($SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . "/";
$url = "$ur . $dir";
header("Location: http://$url?url=$url");
This is nonsense I need to get the info for the link path clicked on my page and send it back to a data base without having to hard code the urls as variables, can anybody assist

NogDog

What exactly do you want the output to be?

PS: part of the problem (maybe the only problem?) is that I think you want the $url = line to be:

$url = "$ur$dir";

kiwi2

This code want to send the browser back to the index page. what I want is if a link is clicked on my page the url of that link must go into my db which has id click fields but I can't seem to achieve this. I know I can hard code each link as a variable but I don't want to! how can I achieve my aim

NogDog

That does not really answer my question. What I wanted to know was: what exactly do you want the URI in the header() command to look like. Give me an example or two that will show the exact pattern/structure you want.

kiwi2

$ur l= nameoflinkclicked(how do I get this my code ie using S_SERVER [PHP_SELF] and the dirname() fuct does not give the desired result; the header()location function must go on to the clicked link and then store it in my db using the get method from the ?url=$URL STATEMENT!,
I don't know can this be achieved!!

NogDog

Well, you still have not shown me an actual example URL, so here's my best guess:

$host = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) ? 
         $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] : 
         $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$path = dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
$request = "http://$host".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$url = "http://$host$path/?url=".urlencode($request);
header("Location: $url");

piersk

Did anyone else see "rolling around in the dark" and think "That sounds like fun!"?

kiwi2

Naturally I need to grab attention with my titles, to avoid the obvious stupidity of my question!!!! THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP

kiwi2

Still no desired result, o'dear, I don't know what to do. you can set a link"<a href='click.php?url=page.php&id=1'>page name</a>OR WHATEVER THEN IT IS EASY TO INPUT DATA INTO A DATA BASE.
I want to know if their is a way to do this if the link has not been php coded. and could itself be a variable one of say 6 on a page .
You can include an include file on all pages to update the database but how do you get the url of the requested page. That is my problem.Does anyone know