Apache Functions
PHP Manual

apache_lookup_uri

Perform a partial request for the specified URI and return all info about it

Description

object apache_lookup_uri ( string $filename )

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 or by the NSAPI server module in Netscape/iPlanet/SunONE webservers.

Parameters

filename

The filename (URI) that's being requested.

Return Values

An object of related URI information. The properties of this object are:

  • status
  • the_request
  • status_line
  • method
  • content_type
  • handler
  • uri
  • filename
  • path_info
  • args
  • boundary
  • no_cache
  • no_local_copy
  • allowed
  • send_bodyct
  • bytes_sent
  • byterange
  • clength
  • unparsed_uri
  • mtime
  • request_time

Examples

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!