magento display request url - url

Question

i wanted to display the module,controller,method being called
i thought that the cms module found in the
app\code\core\Mage\cms\
calls the IndexController.php and uses the IndexAction method .since it is the default page url.
but when I tried to echo out something inside the IndexAction method .nothing comes out. I even tried to call it manually and it still redirects to the home page.
localhost/magento/index.php/cms/index/index/
am i doing it right?
how can i display the request url being called in magento?

Answer 1

I was looking for this also, here's how to do it:
echo Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();

Answer 2

Hi you could try to output the following
<?php
echo Mage::app()->getRequest()->getModuleName();
echo Mage::app()->getRequest()->getControllerName();
echo Mage::app()->getRequest()->getActionName();
?>
Not tested but maybe you can do something like this
<?php
echo Mage::app()->getRequest()->getRequestUri();
?>
Hope this helps
greetings

Answer 3

I needed the URL segments, so I used this:
function getUrlSegment($i) {
$_baseUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB);
$_currentUrl = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();
$_path = str_replace($_baseUrl, '', $_currentUrl);
$_segments = explode('/', rtrim($_path, '/'));
return $_segments[$i];
}
// Would get 'store' if URL: http://example.com/store/product/123
$root = getUrlSegment(1);

Answer 4

You might be getting 'headers already sent' warnings in your log files using an echo in the controller. Instead of using echo use Mage::log, e.g.
Mage::log('My request url is: '.$requestUrl);
The log line should appear in the /var/logs/system.log file.

Answer 5

The route cms/index/index is only ever used for the home page. Other standard pages like "no-route" and "enable-cookies" are optionally handled by specific actions on the IndexController. The remaining pages are handled by Mage_Cms_PageController::viewAction() instead. Try the path cms/page/view/id/customer-service to see. The parameter is id and so the next term customer-service is the page identifier which you set in the admin as "URL Key".