apache_lookup_uri – Execute a Partial Request for a Specified URI and Return All Related Information

The apache_lookup_uri function performs a partial request for a given URL when PHP is installed as an Apache module, retrieving key information about the requested resource and then stopping.

Parameter filename – the requested file name (URI).

Return value

An object containing information about the URI, such as status, request method, modification time, content length, and other metadata.

Example

<?php
$info = apache_lookup_uri('index.php?var=value');
print_r($info);
if (file_exists($info->filename)) {
    echo 'file exists!';
}
?>

The printed object shows properties like status = 200, the_request = "GET /dir/file.php HTTP/1.1", method = "GET", mtime = 0, clength = 0, chunked = 0, content_type = "application/x-httpd-php", no_cache = 0, no_local_copy = 1, unparsed_uri = "/dir/index.php?var=value", uri = "/dir/index.php", filename = "/home/htdocs/dir/index.php", args = "var=value", allowed = 0, sent_bodyct = 0, bytes_sent = 0, and request_time = 1074282764.