Get controller, module, action and router name

You can easily get controller name, action name,

router name and module name in any template file or class file. 

IN TEMPLATE FILES

$this->getRequest() can be used in template (phtml) files. 

/**
 * get Controller name
 */
$this->getRequest()->getControllerName();

/**
 * get Action name, i.e. the function inside the controller
 */
$this->getRequest()->getActionName();

/**
 * get Router name
 */
$this->getRequest()->getRouteName();

/**
 * get module name
 */
$this->getRequest()->getModuleName();

 /**
 * get Current URL
 */ 

$currentUrl = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();
$url = Mage::getSingleton('core/url')->parseUrl($currentUrl);
$path = $url->getPath(); 

IN CLASS FILES

/**

* get Controller name

*/

Mage::app()->getRequest()->getControllerName();

/**

* get Action name, i.e. the function inside the controller

*/

Mage::app()->getRequest()->getActionName();

/**

* get Router name

*/

Mage::app()->getRequest()->getRouteName();

/**

* get module name

*/

Mage::app()->getRequest()->getModuleName();