The necessary superglobal variables such as $_SERVER['HTTPS'], $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] are used to get full URL in PHP. The variable HTTPS can easily retrieve the protocol in the URL of a webpage. If it returns a value “on”, then the protocol is HTTPS.

The urldecode() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to decode url which is encoded by encoded() function. Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $input which holds the url to be decoded. Return Value: This function returns the decoded string on success.

Get the path from the current URL php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; The REQUEST_URI key will give you the current URL path along with the query string (if any). For example, if the current URL is https://www.example.com/foo?bar=baz, the above code will output /foo? bar=baz .

Using scandir() The scandir() function in PHP is used to scan a directory and retrieve a list of its contents, including both files and directories. It takes the directory path as a parameter and returns an array of strings containing the names of the files and directories in that directory.