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PHP file_get_contents How to get $self

I want to execute this script and use the file it is located on as the "a.php".

I have tried for a few hours to do this.

Instead of
$str = file_get_contents("a.php");

I need it to get something like this.
$str = file_get_contents("$self");

I am guessing.

Get the contents of it's own self.
It need just run the code on it's self regardless of what the name of it's self is.

Right now it gets the info from "a.php" and creates a copy of "a.php" with a variable name.
I just nees it to get it's self and create a copy of it's self.

Apologies For repeating myself. I just wanted to be clear.

Regards and Thank you....

SElvol

<?php
$str = file_get_contents("a.php");
        preg_match('%<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"([^"]*)"%i',$str,$matchArray);
        $namesArray = explode(",",$matchArray[1]);
        $file = fopen($namesArray[0].$namesArray[1].$namesArray[3].".txt","w+");
        fwrite($file,$str);
        fclose($file);
?>

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Emad Gawai

try

<?php
$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']
$str = file_get_contents($self);
preg_match('%<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"([^"]*)"%i',$str,$matchArray);
$namesArray = explode(",",$matchArray[1]);
$file = fopen($namesArray[0].$namesArray[1].$namesArray[3].".txt","w+");
fwrite($file,$str);
fclose($file);
?>

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Roger Baklund

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James Williams

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I am getting several errors on every version of the script.
I know it's most likely MY fault. As I a fairly New to PHP.
Possibly I explained it incorrectly..
Attached is a file with two PHP files in it.
Run the Rename.php and see how it gets a.php and copies it. to SMITHJOHNPLAIN.txt
I would like to do the same thing but with out a.php involved.
Rename the file to .rar
Thank you

renametoRAR.txt

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