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64<h1>URL Helper</h1>
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66<p>The URL Helper file contains functions that assist in working with URLs.</p>
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69<h2>Loading this Helper</h2>
70
71<p>This helper is loaded using the following code:</p>
72<code>$this->load->helper('url');</code>
73
74<p>The following functions are available:</p>
75
76<h2>site_url()</h2>
77
78<p>Returns your site URL, as specified in your config file. The index.php file (or whatever you have set as your
79site <dfn>index_page</dfn> in your config file) will be added to the URL, as will any URI segments you pass to the function.</p>
80
81<p>You are encouraged to use this function any time you need to generate a local URL so that your pages become more portable
82in the event your URL changes.</p>
83
84<p>Segments can be optionally passed to the function as a string or an array. Here is a string example:</p>
85
86<code>echo site_url("news/local/123");</code>
87
88<p>The above example would return something like: http://www.your-site.com/index.php/news/local/123</p>
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90<p>Here is an example of segments passed as an array:</p>
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92<code>
93$segments = array('news', 'local', '123');<br />
94<br />
95echo site_url($segments);</code>
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98<h2>base_url()</h2>
99<p>Returns your site base URL, as specified in your config file. Example:</p>
100<code>echo base_url();</code>
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103<h2>index_page()</h2>
104<p>Returns your site "index" page, as specified in your config file. Example:</p>
105<code>echo index_page();</code>
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109<h2>anchor()</h2>
110
111<p>Creates a standard HTML anchor link based on your local site URL:</p>
112
113<code>&lt;a href="http://www.your-site.com">Click Here&lt;/a></code>
114
115<p>The tag has three optional parameters:</p>
116
117<code>anchor(<var>uri segments</var>, <var>text</var>, <var>attributes</var>)</code>
118
119<p>The first parameter can contain any segments you wish appended to the URL. As with the <dfn>site_url()</dfn> function above,
120segments can be a string or an array. Note: Do not include the base URL. It will be built as specified in your config file. Include
121only the URI segments you wish appended to the URL.</p>
122
123<p>The second segment is the text you would like the link to say. If you leave it blank, the URL will be used.</p>
124
125<p>The third parameter can contain a list of attributes you would like added to the link. The attributes can be a simple string or an associative array.</p>
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127<p>Here are some examples:</p>
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129<code>echo anchor(<var>news/local/123</var>, <var>My News</var>);</code>
130
131<p>Would produce: &lt;a href="http://www.your-site.com/index.php/news/local/123" title="My News">My News&lt;/a></p>
132
133<code>echo anchor(<var>news/local/123</var>, <var>My News</var>, <var>array('title' => 'The best news!')</var>);</code>
134
135<p>Would produce: &lt;a href="http://www.your-site.com/index.php/news/local/123" title="The best news!">My News&lt;/a></p>
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138<h2>anchor_popup()</h2>
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140<p>Nearly identical to the <dfn>anchor()</dfn> function except that it opens the URL in a new window.
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142You can specify JavaScript window attributes in the third parameter to control how the window is opened. If
143the third parameter is not set it will simply open a new window with your own browser settings. Here is an example
144with attributes:</p>
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146<code>
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148$atts = array(<br />
149&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'width'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=> '800',<br />
150&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'height'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=> '600',<br />
151&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'scrollbars' => 'yes',<br />
152&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'status'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=> 'yes',<br />
153&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'resizable'&nbsp;&nbsp;=> 'yes',<br />
154&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'screenx'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=> '0',<br />
155&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'screeny'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=> '0'<br />
156&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);<br />
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158echo anchor_popup(news/local/123, 'Click Me!', $atts);</code>
159
160<p>Note: The above attributes are the function defaults so you only need to set the ones that are different from what you need.
161If you want the function to use all of its defaults simply pass an empty array in the third parameter:</p>
162
163<code>echo anchor_popup(news/local/123, 'Click Me!', array());</code>
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166<h2>mailto()</h2>
167
168<p>Creates a standard HTML email link. Usage example:</p>
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170<code>echo mailto('me@my-site.com', 'Click Here to Contact Me');</code>
171
172<p>As with the <dfn>anchor()</dfn> tab above, you can set attributes using the third parameter.</p>
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174
175<h2>safe_mailto()</h2>
176
177<p>Identical to the above function except it writes an obfuscated version of the mailto tag using ordinal numbers
178written with JavaScript to help prevent the email address from being harvested by spam bots.</p>
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180
181<h2>auto_link()</h2>
182
183<p>Automatically turns URLs and email addresses contained in a string into links. Example:</p>
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185<code>$string = auto_link($string);</code>
186
187<p>The second parameter determines whether URLs and emails are converted or just one or the other. Default behavior is both
188if the parameter is not specified</p>
189
190<p>Converts only URLs:</p>
191<code>$string = auto_link($string, 'url');</code>
192
193<p>Converts only Email addresses:</p>
194<code>$string = auto_link($string, 'email');</code>
195
196</p>The third parameter determines whether links are shown in a new window. The value can be TRUE or FALSE (boolean):</p>
197<code>$string = auto_link($string, 'both', TRUE);</code>
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200<h2>url_title()</h2>
201<p>Takes a string as input and creates a human-friendly URL string. This is useful if, for example, you have a blog
202in which you'd like to use the title of your entries in the URL. Example:</p>
203
204<code>$title = "What's wrong with CSS?";<br />
205<br />
206$url_title = url_title($title);<br />
207<br />
208// Produces: whats-wrong-with-css
209</code>
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212<p>The second parameter determines the word delimiter. By default dashes are used. Options are: <dfn>dash</dfn>, or <dfn>underscore</dfn>:</p>
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214<code>$title = "What's wrong with CSS?";<br />
215<br />
216$url_title = url_title($title, 'underscore');<br />
217<br />
218// Produces: whats_wrong_with_css
219</code>
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222<h3>prep_url()</h3>
223<p>This function will add <kbd>http://</kbd> in the event it is missing from a URL. Pass the URL string to the function like this:</p>
224<code>
225$url = "www.some-site.com";<br /><br />
226$url = prep_url($url);</code>
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231<h2>redirect()</h2>
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233<p>Does a "header redirect" to the local URI specified. Just like other functions in this helper, this one is designed
234to redirect to a local URL within your site. You will <strong>not</strong> specify the full site URL, but rather simply the URI segments
235to the controller you want to direct to. The function will build the URL based on your config file values.</p>
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237<p>The second parameter allows you to choose between the "location"
238method or the "refresh" method. Location is faster, but on Windows servers it can sometimes be a problem. Example:</p>
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240<code>if ($logged_in == FALSE)<br />
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242&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;redirect('/login/form/', 'refresh');<br />
243}</code>
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245<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> In order for this function to work it must be used before anything is outputted
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