dmikester1 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I think this is probably the right forum for this question. I'm not using a specific framework but am working on writing my own dynamic router. What is the general consensus about which $_SERVER variable to use to route the request. After doing a ton of research, I've found people recommending PATH_INFO, ORIG_PATH_INFO, REQUEST_URI, PHP_SELF, SCRIPT_FILENAME, or SCRIPT_NAME. In February 2012, is there a general consensus among PHP coders about which is the best one to use? Or do people recommending checking if one isset, and if not, use a second one? Thanks! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 PHP_SELF and SCRIPT_NAME are out of the equation because they don't go close to providing the data that you need. As for a consensus, I'm not sure there is any. Simple frameworks will likely only use REQUEST_URI as it is generally reliable, however, something more robust will check for various server specific variables such as X_REWRITE_URL and UNENCODED_URL before falling back to REQUEST_URI and then finally ORIG_PATH_INFO. I'm in the process of writing a framework myself and decided to go down the simple REQUEST_URI path for now. I figure I can always add more checks latter if need be but for now REQUEST_URI is perfectly reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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