(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
apache_lookup_uri — Perform a partial request for the specified URI and return all info about it
apache_lookup_uri(string $filename): object|false
This performs a partial request for a URI. It goes just far enough to obtain all the important information about the given resource.
This function is supported when PHP is installed as an Apache module webserver.
filenameThe filename (URI) that's being requested.
An object of related URI information. The properties of this object are:
Returns false on failure.
Example #1 apache_lookup_uri() example
<?php
$info = apache_lookup_uri('index.php?var=value');
print_r($info);
if (file_exists($info->filename)) {
echo 'file exists!';
}
?> The above example will output something similar to:
stdClass Object
(
[status] => 200
[the_request] => GET /dir/file.php HTTP/1.1
[method] => GET
[mtime] => 0
[clength] => 0
[chunked] => 0
[content_type] => application/x-httpd-php
[no_cache] => 0
[no_local_copy] => 1
[unparsed_uri] => /dir/index.php?var=value
[uri] => /dir/index.php
[filename] => /home/htdocs/dir/index.php
[args] => var=value
[allowed] => 0
[sent_bodyct] => 0
[bytes_sent] => 0
[request_time] => 1074282764
)
file exists!
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