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How do I get the current webpage name using php, when I'm also using the include function?

I have a simple webpage with a simple menu.

Each page of the webpage (for example, index.php, page-01.php etc) pulls the menu in using the include function:

<?php

include 'menu.php';

?>

I want the menu item for the current page formatted, so I’m trying to get the menu to check the name of the current page. For example, when I’m on index.php, I want a function in menu.php to return "index".

I tried using this in menu.php:

echo basename(__FILE__, '.php');

But it returns "menu" instead (which in retrospect, makes a lot of sense).

What can I use in my menu.php file to return the current page name?

Thanks!

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  1. 0

    You can define a function in the included file and call it with the current file name:

    index.php, page-01.php, page-02.php…:

    <?php
include 'menu.php';

$file = basename(__FILE__, '.php'); 
formatePage($file);
?>

    menu.php:

    <?php
function formatePage($file)
{
print $file;    
}
?>
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  2. 0

    You can use $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to get the path and query fragments of the URL as entered by user (/blog/technology/latest?limit=10), $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] to get the script file path relative to document root (/blog/show-category.php) and $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] to get the full path on server’s disk (/var/www/public/blog/show-category.php). I think all these are pretty much standard across all server APIs, but it won’t hurt to check in your server (run phpinfo() for a quick peek).

    There’s no general solution to map URLs to menu items since you can essentially code whatever structure you want. In the worst case, you’ll have to store a map somewhere, maybe an array you also use to build the menu:

    $routes = [
    'Latest posts' => [
        '/blog/lifestyle/latest' => 'Lifestyle',
        '/blog/technology/latest' => 'Technology',
    ],
];

    If your project follows a legacy structure where individual scripts are just referenced in the URL, it should be straightforward.

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