05.1 Url Functions

URL Functions

Functions to work with the url

function: site_url($add_string=null)

Returns the site url

# http://www.yourwebsite.com/
print site_url(); 

# http://www.yourwebsite.com/my-link
print site_url('my-link'); 

# http://www.yourwebsite.com/api/user_login
print site_url('api/user_login'); 

function: url_segment($position=null)

Returns the url segments as array or string or false

# URL http://yoursite.com/blog/post-title

# get all segments
$segs =url_segment();
var_dump($segs);
# prints  array(3) { [0]=> string(4) "blog" [1]=> string(10) "post-title" }



# get a single segment
$segs =url_segment(1);
var_dump($segs);
# prints string(4) "blog"

function: url_path()

also: url_string()

Returns the url sting of the current page

# url - yoursite.com/page/some-title/something

$url_path = url_path();
var_dump($url_path);
# prints - page/some-title/something

function: url_param($param_name)

Get a parameter from the URL

# url - yoursite.com/page/my_param:my_value
# or url - yoursite.com/page/?my_param=my_value

$url_param = url_param('my_param');
var_dump($url_param);
# prints - "my_value"