CodeIgniter -> Get current URL relative to base url

Question

Tried URI::uri_string() but can\'t get it to work with the base_url.

URL: http://localhost/dropbox/derrek/shopredux/ahahaha/hihihi
Returns: dr

Answer 1

 //if you want to get parameter from url use:
 parse_str($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], $_GET);
 //then you can use:
 if(isset($_GET["par"])){
      echo $_GET["par"];
 }
 //if you want to get current page url use:
 $current_url = current_url();