php man page for http_build_url

HTTP_BUILD_URL(3)							 1							 HTTP_BUILD_URL(3)

http_build_url - Build a URL

SYNOPSIS
       string http_build_url ([mixed  $url], [mixed  $parts], [int  $flags = HTTP_URL_REPLACE], [array	&$new_url])

DESCRIPTION
	Build a URL.

	The parts of the second URL will be merged into the first according to the flags argument.

PARAMETERS
	      o $url
		- (part(s) of) a URL in form of a string or associative array like parse_url(3) returns

	      o $parts
		- same as the first argument

	      o $flags
		- a bitmask of binary or'ed HTTP_URL constants; HTTP_URL_REPLACE is the default

	      o $new_url
		- if set, it will be filled with the parts of the composed url like parse_url(3) would return

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the new URL as string on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      A http_build_url(3) 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

SEE ALSO
       parse_url(3), http_build_str(3).

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