How to get the full URL of the current page using PHP

Question

What is the "less code needed" way to get parameters from an URL query string which is formatted like the following?

My current url

www.mysite.com/category/subcategory/#myqueryhash

I put this code

$url="http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

It returns only www.mysite.com/category/subcategory/

Output should be :

www.mysite.com/category/subcategory/#myqueryhash

Is that the url you call or does the hashtag url is only shown on click on a "link" — Top Questions, Sep 22 '14 at 06:51
You can use `window.location.hash` or `parse_url([your url])` to get the **#myqueryhash** from url. — Kausha Mehta, Sep 22 '14 at 07:07
@Manish Jesani You can't get the **#myqueryhash** from current URL using PHP, the only way is `window.location.hash` using javaScript. — Kausha Mehta, Sep 22 '14 at 07:31
The fragment part of the URL is never transmitted back to the server when a request is made, as it's intended to be an internal reference to the doc in the browser only. You *need* to use JS to extract it and pass it back to the server by hand. — Adam Cameron, Sep 22 '14 at 07:38

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 22 '14 at 06:55

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You can use this for HTTP request

<?php $current_url="http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>

You can use this for HTTPS request

<?php $current_url="https://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>

You can use this for HTTP/HTTPS request

<?php $current_url="//".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>

answered Sep 22 '14 at 06:55

Kausha Mehta

There's two ways, either you use javascript, where you can use "window.location.hash='myqueryhash';, or you bind your click event to an , and prevent default on click – Priyank Sep 22 '14 at 08:21
@Priyank exactly, I told the same to Manish Jesani – Kausha Mehta Sep 22 '14 at 10:48

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