Gossamer Forum: General: Internet Technologies: Using Current URL

Sep 8, 2003, 4:13 PM

Lee

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Sep 8, 2003, 4:13 PM

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Using Current URL

Is there an $_ENV or $_SERVER variable that holds the CURRENT URL of a site? It want to test whether the site is secure by seeing if the URL starts with http: or https:.

In the alternative, is there another way to test to see if your site is currently using SSL?

Thanks.

Sep 8, 2003, 8:33 PM

tandat

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Sep 8, 2003, 8:33 PM

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Hi Lee,

Yes, there is. You can check with the HTTPS variable , i.e. $_SERVER['HTTPS']

Cheers,

Cheers,

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Sep 9, 2003, 12:23 AM

Andy

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Sep 9, 2003, 12:23 AM

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You sure? I found that when accessing a PHP variable from HTTPS, a lot of these variables are not available Unsure

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Sep 9, 2003, 3:53 AM

hennagaijin

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Sep 9, 2003, 3:53 AM

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$_SERVER['HTTPS'] is sometimes available and sometimes not.

You could also check what port the visitor is on by using $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']. Usually 443 is the SSL port and 80 is the regular http port.

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