Getting requested URL in custom error pages

[Blake]

I'm making custom error pages for my website. I would like the 404 error page to say something along the lines of

Error 404: Requested URL [filename] not found on server.

where [filename] is the name of the file/directory requested. The problem I'm having involved actually getting that file name. I've tried the following:

<h1>Error 404</h1><br>Requested URL <?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?> not found on server.

However, instead of giving me the requested page, $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] gives me the url of the error page.

How would I get the URL of the requested page instead of the url of the error page?

[thetestingsite]

You should be able to use $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] or $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] (< spelling?). Although, not 100&#37; sure without testing it.

Hope this helps though.

[tech_support]

It's

$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] 

[Twey]

$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] (< spelling?)

Wrong, but the header's spelt incorrectly too, so you're right The word is usually "referrer."

However, this shouldn't be the case. Referer should, in this case, be the URL to the page with the dead link. You really want $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'].