How to get current page URL in PHP get url in PHP function here Use the PHP $_SERVER Superglobal Variable You can use the $_SERVER built-in variable to get the current page URL in PHP. The $_SERVER is a superglobal variable, which means it is always available in all scopes. Also if you want full URL of the page you'll need to check the scheme name (or protocol), whether it is http  or  https  as shown in the example below: <?php $uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; echo $uri; // Outputs:

Remove .php extension (explicitly written) for friendly URL htaccess to remove the .php extension of my site's files. RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L,QSA] Now, if I go to my site www.mysite.com/home works fine, it redirects to home.php but the URL is still friendly. But if I write this URL: www.mysite.com/home.php The home.php is served, and the URL is not friendly. How can I avoid this behavior? I want that if the user writes www.mysite.com/home.php,