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^Apache FunctionsLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

apache_lookup_uri

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

apache_lookup_uri — Perform a partial request for the specified URI and return all info about it

Description

function apache_lookup_uri(string $filename): object|false

This performs a partial request for a URI. It goes just far enough to obtain all the important information about the given resource.

This function is supported when PHP is installed as an Apache module webserver.

Parameters

filename

The filename (URI) that's being requested.

Return Values

An object of related URI information. The properties of this object are:

  • status
  • the_request
  • status_line
  • method
  • content_type
  • handler
  • uri
  • filename
  • path_info
  • args
  • boundary
  • no_cache
  • no_local_copy
  • allowed
  • send_bodyct
  • bytes_sent
  • byterange
  • clength
  • unparsed_uri
  • mtime
  • request_time

Returns false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 apache_lookup_uri() example

<?php
$info = apache_lookup_uri('index.php?var=value');
print_r($info);

if (file_exists($info->filename)) {
    echo 'file exists!';
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

stdClass Object
(
    [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
    [request_time] => 1074282764
)
file exists!


<apache_getenvapache_note>
^Apache FunctionsLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026