Get path folder in URL with PHP

Question

I use this PHP code for find the url path of a script page :

define("URL", dirname($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));

On my PC 1, I get this result with this url : htt://site1/abc/ :

/abc

but on my PC 2, I get this result with the same URL :

Don't understand why. If i add 'index.php', that's ok on PC 2

My goal is create a wizard installation and put the url path in the config file.

I'm going to take a wild guess, ones a unix box and ones a windows box? — Bioto
– Bioto, Commented Jun 24, 2014 at 19:38

Gergo Erdosi · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-24 20:13:46Z

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You may get unexpected results with dirname(), see the example in the manual:

echo "2) " . dirname("/etc/") . PHP_EOL; // 2) / (or \ on Windows)

$path = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
$path = '/'.implode('/', explode('/', ltrim($path, '/'), -1));
define("URL", $path);

answered Jun 24, 2014 at 19:44

Gergo Erdosi

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I get '/' on PC 1 instead of /abc

@Portekoi Updated the code, can you please try again?