Can I write an if/else statement depending on the page url?

I have a space in a global field that I want to be different on the homepage, so my thoughts were to create an if/else statement.

if page = http://www.homepage
echo = 'Statement 1'
else
echo = 'statement 2'

That's an idea of what i'm looking for, but i'm a php novice. Could someone help me with this coding? Thanks!

 

You can use something like this:

switch($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']):

case '/index.php':

echo 'SOMETHING ON THE INDEX PAGE';

break;

default:

echo 'ANY OTHER PAGE';

endswitch;

PHP:

This may not work as expected if you're using wordpress or another application where every page request is funnelled through the index.php page.

 

I should have mentioned i'm using a cms, and I have many mods with url rewrites, etc. which is why i was hoping I could just use the simple url.

 

I believe $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] is what you are looking for.

 

I'll play around with that. Thanks!

 

Ok, when I use this code:

<?php
echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
?>

Code (markup):

I get the output of "/" on my homepage. Can I still use that in a statement, or does it have to be a full directory name, etc?

And i'm still unsure of how to exactly code this. I can echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; , but how do I use it in an if/else statement? It's getting to be near the end of the day, and I may just have to study some php tomorrow.

 

Eureka! I got it. Thanks for everyone's help. i didn't think it would be that easy!

 

Glad you got it to work. Just to clarify, most of the time $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] retrieves everything past the URL itself. However, some browsers or applications may send the full URI including the URL, so you should watch out for that.

 

Thanks for that clarification. I better test this in a few browsers. What about search engines/spiders? That's what I'm doing this for the most, although it will benefit the viewer as well.