How to remove folder from Request_URI in php and xampp?

Question

I have url to index.php like this http://localhost/exercise/

When I call

return var_dump(
     trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/')
);

I have exercise project folder in xampp's htdocs.

On url http://localhost/exercise/sd/ds I get exercise/sd/ds

How to get rid of that folder name in request_uri? Or any other (if there would be) folders if this php script was nested in some many folders.

How to get Request_URI started from this point where script is?

Answer 1

After your comment, you can use a .htacces-file to resolved your problem. The .htaccess have to locate in the same folder as your script.

.htaccess:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule .* /exercise/index.php?url=%1 [QSA]
</IfModule>

index.php:

$url = $_GET['url'];