How can I echo current url and title for that page

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Last Post: November 14, 2011   (RSS)

By (Deleted User) - February 7, 2011

Hello,

I am adding some Facebook and Twitter buttons to my sidebar. Now I know the JavaScript Like buttons pull the url and title automatically for the page when the button is selected.

I would like to also offer some static buttons for people who have JavaScript turned off. How can I add (echo) the current url and current title?

I would like to add the same code in the sidebar in multiple different pages and would like it to be automatic. Any ideas?

Thanks Jono

Re: [jonoc73] How can I echo current url and title for that page

By Jason - February 7, 2011

Hi Jono,

Here's a function that you can use to get the url of the current page you're on:

function curPageURL() {
$pageURL = 'http';
if (@$_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") {$pageURL .= "s";}
$pageURL .= "://";
if ($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] != "80") {
$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].":".$_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
} else {
$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
}
return $pageURL;
}

You can call it like this:

<?php echo curPageURL(); ?>

As for getting a page's title, there isn't a way in PHP to automatically detect this. The quickest way to get around this would be to set a $_REQUEST variable to store your page title. You can do this on every page and then pull it out on your sidebar script.

For example, on a page you can set the title like this:
<?php $_REQUEST['pageTitle'] = "My Page Title!";

On your side bar page you can access the variable like this:

<?php echo @$_REQUEST['pageTitle']; ?>

Hope this helps
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Re: [Jason] How can I echo current url and title for that page

By Toledoh - November 9, 2011

Hi guys.

I'm hoping to use the code above to identify the section of the site the viewer is in, and add a class="current" to the navigation buttons.

The site stucture is currently laid out like

/index.php
/contact.php
/terms.php
/manly/welcome.php
/manly/info.php
/manly/contact.php
/our_beers/welcome.php
/our_beers/our_beers.php
/shop/index.php
/shop/checkout.php

etc.

I have an inlcude that I use fot the site navigation... ie


<ul id="navlist">
<li><a href="/~murraysb/index.php" class="home"></a></li>
<li><a href="/~murraysb/our_beers/our_beers.php" class="beers">our beers</a></li>
<li><a href="/~murraysb/brewery/brewery.php" class="brewery">the brewery</a></li>
<li><a href="/~murraysb/manly/manly.php" class="manly">murray's @ manly</a></li>
<li><a href="/~murraysb/port_stephens_winery.php" class="psw">port stephens winery</a></li>
<li><a href="/~murraysb/shop/index.php" class="shop">shop online</a></li>
</ul>

I was hoping to do something like;

<?php if curPageURL() LIKE '/manly/' >
<li><a href="/~murraysb/manly/manly.php" class="manly active">murray's @ manly</a></li>
<?php else ?>
<li><a href="/~murraysb/manly/manly.php" class="manly">murray's @ manly</a></li>

or is there a better way to do this?
Cheers,

Tim (toledoh.com.au)

Re: [Toledoh] How can I echo current url and title for that page

By Jason - November 10, 2011

Hi Tim,

Try this:

<?php $currentFile = strtolower(basename(curPageUrl())); ?>

<?php if ($currentFile == "manly.php"):?>
<li><a href="/~murraysb/manly/manly.php" class="manly active">murray's @ manly</a></li>
<?php else:?>
<li><a href="/~murraysb/manly/manly.php" class="manly">murray's @ manly</a></li>
<?php endif ?>

This will return the name of the current file (example: manly.php) to be used in your if statements. Note that $currentFile will be in all lower case.

Hope this helps
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Re: [Jason] How can I echo current url and title for that page

By Toledoh - November 10, 2011 - edited: November 10, 2011

Thanks Jason,

I was kinda looking for a "like" or "contains" so I could match a pettern back to the folder the file sits in. Thhe reason for this is there are a bunch of files within the "manly" section of the site, then a bunch more under "beer" etc.

I could have a naming convention to the actual files, rather than the folders... manly_page.php, manly_location.php, manly_contact.php etc...

Does that make sence?
Cheers,

Tim (toledoh.com.au)

Re: [Toledoh] How can I echo current url and title for that page

By (Deleted User) - November 14, 2011

Hello Tim,

You could try replacing:

<?php if ($currentFile == "manly.php"):?>

with:

<?php $pattern = '/^manly/'; ?>
<?php if ( preg_match ($pattern, $currentFile) ) : ?>

preg_match will look for the pattern 'manly' in whatever string you provide it and, if it returns true, the script will continue.

For more specific usage examples of preg_match, check out http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php

Hope that helps,

Tom