Read the URL from the address bar

[woocha]

Is there anyway to read  the address bar for instance if the address bar shows this in the brower:

http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSearch?sofocus=bs&satitle=chicken+cheese&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC5&fbd=1&dfsp=1&_trksid=m37&from=R6&nojspr=y&pfid=0&fswc=1&few=&saprclo=&saprchi=&fss=0&saslop=1&sasl=&fls=4%26floc%3D1&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D0&salic=1&saatc=1&sadis=200&fpos=18951&fsct=&sacur=0&sacqyop=ge&sacqy=&sabfmts=0&saobfmts=exsif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&sabdlo=&sabdhi=&saaff=afdefault&afcj=&afmp=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&fcl=3&frpp=50

essentially, I would like to have the address turned into a variable.

 

[trq]

if the address bar showed that in the url you wouldn't be on your site would you. Anyways, you'll want to look at the $_SERVER array globals. In particular $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] and $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'].

[woocha]

No...That wouldn't be my server...that's Ebay, but the point was made just the same.  There are a lot of extra things in that URL:

sofocus=bs

&satitle=chicken

this URL just made the point for me.....

 

Thank you for the response though.  I am not familiar with $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] and $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], but I will go to php.net and check them out.

 

Thank you