Getting the current script executing filename in javascript

Question

Okay, I've been searching for this for way too long already... I'm trying to find out how I can return the filename of the page that's running an included javascript, from inside that javascript.

I can easily do this in PHP using $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'], but in Javascript this seems to be a lot harder.

Do I really need to substring it from location.href or is there a more efficient way? Could jQuery help?

The location.href solution assumes that your filename is exposed in the URL. It won't work if your URL are rewritten -- see this question's URL. — Nikki Erwin Ramirez
– Nikki Erwin Ramirez, Commented Feb 4, 2010 at 3:38
Hmmm, that IS an important note to keep into account - thanks Nikki. Do you happen to know an alternative solution to fix this problem? I'm using it in a jQuery AJAX function, so the PHP solution is no option here, I'm afraid. — Adrian van Vliet
– Adrian van Vliet, Commented Feb 6, 2010 at 2:30
There are some other possibilities to get to the filename, the question is - what are you trying to do, what are you needing the filename for? — chiborg
– chiborg, Commented Apr 12, 2012 at 11:08
It needed to be passed in an AJAX-call. The project in question is no longer relevant, but I am still curious how one might work this out with rewritten URL's. — Adrian van Vliet
– Adrian van Vliet, Commented May 3, 2012 at 10:06

Avisek Chakraborty · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-20 15:40:24Z

4

Remove the Url Parameters

function getFileName()
{
  var url = window.location.pathname;
  var lastUri = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
  if(lastUri.indexOf('?')!= -1)
     return lastUri.substring(0,lastUri.indexOf('?'));
  else
     return lastUri;
}

answered Aug 20, 2012 at 15:40

Avisek Chakraborty

8,32910 gold badges52 silver badges79 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

kennebec · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-04 02:53:52Z

2

var url=location.href;
return url.substring(url.lastIndexOf('/')+1)

answered Feb 4, 2010 at 2:53

kennebec

105k32 gold badges109 silver badges127 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Getting the current script executing filename in javascript

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related