Apache rewrite - get original URL in PHP

Question

I have a rewrite in nginx or Apache for this address:

http://domain.com/hello

to a script like

http://domain.com/test.php&a         


        

Answer 1

You can usually find the requested URL in

• $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
• $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'] (maybe Apache only, don't know about nginx)

I know you mentioned $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] contains your rewritten URL but in all my tests, it contains the original request.

Why don't you dump $_SERVER and see what's in there.