How to get the full url?

[minli98]

Hi all,

How can I get in Coldfusion, the equivalent of document.URL property in Javascript -- the full url including all the url parameters?

Regards,
Min

 

[ecobb]

Try this:

<cfoutput>#cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#</cfoutput>

Hope This Helps!

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[r937]

ecar, that doesn't include the http:// and the domain name, does it?

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[pigsie]

To include the http: and the domain name:

<cfoutput>#cgi.server_name##cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#</cfoutput>

Note that this mirrors how the page is called so if the page is called without the subdomain then it will not include the subdomain in cgi.server_name

 

[Wullie]

Depending on how acurate you need it and also depending on the format of URL you use, you might need a different variation:

<cfoutput>http<cfif cgi.HTTPS EQ 'Yes'>s</cfif>://#cgi.server_name##cgi.path_info#<cfif cgi.query_string NEQ ''>?#cgi.query_string#</cfif></cfoutput>

This will give you any params passed in a URL friendly format, will check for SSL and also will hide the ? if there is no query string.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[TruthInSatire]

Wullie,
Good answer, however, cgi.HTTPS will = 'on' or 'off' not 'Yes' or 'No'

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[minli98]

Great, it works! Thanks.

Min

 

[minli98]

How about if I have the #section_name (sorry I don't know the formal name)? For example:

http://www.mydomain.com/index.cfm#section_1

and in index.cfm I have

<a name="section_1">Section 1</a>

How can I catch that?

Thanks,
Min

 

[Wullie]

minli98,

Those type of links are called Anchors and I really don't think you will be able to catch those in CF. The reason I say that is that the browser handles those links, not the server.

It basically works as follows:

[ignore]1) User calls

http://www.mydomain.com/index.cfm#section_1

2) Server returns output for

http://www.mydomain.com/index.cfm

3) Browser reads anchor link and directs user to section_1.
[/ignore]
The server doesn't need to know about those links and once you are on the page, there is no further call to the server if you click an anchor so the server never knows about it.

Hope this helps


Wullie

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