This simple snippet of code will help you get the full URL of the currently viewed page.
function getUrl(){
$domain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
$url = "http://" . $domain . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
return $url;
}
Category: Backend Development
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How to Fix a “unexpected $end” Error
Sometimes you will get an error similar to this in PHP:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /index.php on line 36
This is most likely caused by a forgotten closing curly bracket (“}”).
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If you have a PHP code similar to this you will definitely get the above error: