variable for domain name?

[pers0n]

$config->urls->root

just gives me '/'

I need to get the domainname (with http://) and possibly port# my site is on, so I can create some full link URLS

[apeisa]

http://processwire.com/api/variables/config/

You probably need these:

<?php
$config->httpHost
$config->https

Of course everything what you get from PHP is also available: http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php

[Nico Knoll]

I think there's something like "$page->httpUrl"...

[Pete]

It's actually:

$page->httpUrl 

and that gives you the full URL to a given page, with http prefix.

[ryan]

This is correct, $page->httpUrl is what you are looking for, and it will include the port as well. It will also account for https if the page in question is configured to use https from its template settings.

The equivalent of $config->urls->root that you are looking for then would be:

$pages->get('/')->httpUrl; 

Just note that it has to be accessed at it's URL in order for it to know it. So if you are working with the command line API, it's not going to know it...

[baba_mmx]

Old topic but maybe can be useful.

What about adding a global variable? Like this:

$port = ($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] == 80 || $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] == 443) ? '' : ':' . $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'];
$protocol = ($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] == 443) ? 'https://' : 'http://';
if(!$config->siteURL) $config->siteURL = $protocol . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $port . '/';