/myproject [basename] => index.php [extension] => php [filename] => index ) $pathInfo = pathinfo($currentPath); // output: localhost $hostName = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; // output: http:// $protocol = strtolower(substr($_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"],0,5))=='https://'?'https://':'http://'; // return: http://localhost/myproject/ $base_url= $protocol.$hostName.$pathInfo['dirname']."/"; //echo $base_url; ?>