PHP: HTTP or HTTPS? [duplicate]

If the request was sent with HTTPS you will have a extra parameter in the $_SERVER superglobal - $_SERVER['HTTPS']. You can check if it is set or not

if( isset($_SERVER['HTTPS'] ) ) {

If your request is sent by HTTPS you will have an extra server variable named 'HTTPS'

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] != 'off') { //HTTPS } 

$protocol = strtolower(substr($_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"],0,5))=='https'?'https':'http';

$protocol = isset($_SERVER["HTTPS"]) ? 'https' : 'http';

These should both work