http_build_str
This function has a useful undocumented feature - the defaults are set in such a way that calling it with no parameters returns the full URL of the page being accessed.
http_build_url
(PECL pecl_http >= 0.21.0)
http_build_url — Build a URL
Description
string http_build_url
([ mixed $url
[, mixed $parts
[, int $flags = HTTP_URL_REPLACE
[, array &$new_url
]]]] )
Build a URL.
The parts of the second URL will be merged into the first according to the flags argument.
Parameters
- url
-
(part(s) of) an URL in form of a string or associative array like parse_url() returns
- parts
-
same as the first argument
- flags
-
a bitmask of binary or'ed HTTP_URL constants; HTTP_URL_REPLACE is the default
- new_url
-
if set, it will be filled with the parts of the composed url like parse_url() would return
Return Values
Returns the new URL as string on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 A http_build_url() example
<?php
echo http_build_url("http://user@www.example.com/pub/index.php?a=b#files",
array(
"scheme" => "ftp",
"host" => "ftp.example.com",
"path" => "files/current/",
"query" => "a=c"
),
HTTP_URL_STRIP_AUTH | HTTP_URL_JOIN_PATH | HTTP_URL_JOIN_QUERY | HTTP_URL_STRIP_FRAGMENT
);
?>
The above example will output:
ftp://ftp.example.com/pub/files/current/?a=c
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User Contributed Notes
http_build_url
Ant P.
09-Jun-2010 09:58
tycoonmaster at gmail dot com
20-Feb-2010 11:55
If you are looking for a PHP Version of this function, follow the link below:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjry3tynkg5
Note: I would have added the function here, but I just couldn't get it past the line restrictions without making it impossible to read.
Enjoy.