Posted by Andy Jeffries on 05/11/06 15:48

On Thu, 11 May 2006 08:43:28 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>>I love the __FILE__ constant; it's been enormously useful. Is there a
>>>>constant that would be the equivalent of $PHP_SELF? That's also a
>>>>useful value, but according to the docs, "...may or may not [exist] in
>>>>$_SERVER."
>>>
>>>This is a sweeping generalization; under Apache and IIS,
>>>$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] is always available.
>>
>>
>> I wish it were, but I've encountered instances where it wasn't.
>>
> Can you be more specific? I've never seen a case on Apache or IIS where
> it isn't available.
>
> Perhaps someone overwrite the $_SERVER array?

Or PHP configured as a CLI binary (AFAIK $_SERVER is only available to
apache modules and ISAPI modules).

Cheers,


Andy

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