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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