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diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/url_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/url_helper.html index 0bcf1e7ae..d20f1b1e2 100644 --- a/user_guide/helpers/url_helper.html +++ b/user_guide/helpers/url_helper.html @@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ URL Helper <h2>site_url()</h2> -<p>Returns your site URL, as specified in your config file. The index.php file (or whatever you have set as your +<p>Returns your site URL, as specified in your config file. The index.php file (or whatever you have set as your site <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> <p>You are encouraged to use this function any time you need to generate a local URL so that your pages become more portable in the event your URL changes.</p> -<p>Segments can be optionally passed to the function as a string or an array. Here is a string example:</p> +<p>Segments can be optionally passed to the function as a string or an array. Here is a string example:</p> <code>echo site_url("news/local/123");</code> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ echo site_url($segments);</code> <h2>base_url()</h2> -<p>Returns your site base URL, as specified in your config file. Example:</p> +<p>Returns your site base URL, as specified in your config file. Example:</p> <code>echo base_url();</code> @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ echo site_url($segments);</code> <h2>uri_string()</h2> -<p>Returns the URI segments of any page that contains this function. For example, if your URL was this:</p> +<p>Returns the URI segments of any page that contains this function. For example, if your URL was this:</p> <code>http://some-site.com/blog/comments/123</code> <p>The function would return:</p> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ echo site_url($segments);</code> <h2>index_page()</h2> -<p>Returns your site "index" page, as specified in your config file. Example:</p> +<p>Returns your site "index" page, as specified in your config file. Example:</p> <code>echo index_page();</code> @@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ echo site_url($segments);</code> <code>anchor(<var>uri segments</var>, <var>text</var>, <var>attributes</var>)</code> -<p>The first parameter can contain any segments you wish appended to the URL. As with the <dfn>site_url()</dfn> function above, +<p>The first parameter can contain any segments you wish appended to the URL. As with the <dfn>site_url()</dfn> function above, segments can be a string or an array.</p> -<p><strong>Note:</strong> If you are building links that are internal to your application do not include the base URL (http://...). This +<p><strong>Note:</strong> If you are building links that are internal to your application do not include the base URL (http://...). This will be added automatically from the information specified in your config file. Include only the URI segments you wish appended to the URL.</p> -<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> +<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> -<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> +<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> <p>Here are some examples:</p> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ will be added automatically from the information specified in your config file. <p>Nearly identical to the <dfn>anchor()</dfn> function except that it opens the URL in a new window. You can specify JavaScript window attributes in the third parameter to control how the window is opened. If -the third parameter is not set it will simply open a new window with your own browser settings. Here is an example +the third parameter is not set it will simply open a new window with your own browser settings. Here is an example with attributes:</p> <code> @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ If you want the function to use all of its defaults simply pass an empty array i <h2>mailto()</h2> -<p>Creates a standard HTML email link. Usage example:</p> +<p>Creates a standard HTML email link. Usage example:</p> <code>echo mailto('me@my-site.com', 'Click Here to Contact Me');</code> @@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ written with JavaScript to help prevent the email address from being harvested b <h2>auto_link()</h2> -<p>Automatically turns URLs and email addresses contained in a string into links. Example:</p> +<p>Automatically turns URLs and email addresses contained in a string into links. Example:</p> <code>$string = auto_link($string);</code> -<p>The second parameter determines whether URLs and emails are converted or just one or the other. Default behavior is both -if the parameter is not specified. Email links are encoded as safe_mailto() as shown above.</p> +<p>The second parameter determines whether URLs and emails are converted or just one or the other. Default behavior is both +if the parameter is not specified. Email links are encoded as safe_mailto() as shown above.</p> <p>Converts only URLs:</p> <code>$string = auto_link($string, 'url');</code> @@ -201,42 +201,42 @@ if the parameter is not specified. Email links are encoded as safe_mailto() as s <p>Converts only Email addresses:</p> <code>$string = auto_link($string, 'email');</code> -<p>The third parameter determines whether links are shown in a new window. The value can be TRUE or FALSE (boolean):</p> +<p>The third parameter determines whether links are shown in a new window. The value can be TRUE or FALSE (boolean):</p> <code>$string = auto_link($string, 'both', TRUE);</code> <h2>url_title()</h2> <p>Takes a string as input and creates a human-friendly URL string. This is useful if, for example, you have a blog -in which you'd like to use the title of your entries in the URL. Example:</p> +in which you'd like to use the title of your entries in the URL. Example:</p> <code>$title = "What's wrong with CSS?";<br /> <br /> $url_title = url_title($title);<br /> <br /> -// Produces: Whats-wrong-with-CSS +// Produces: Whats-wrong-with-CSS </code> -<p>The second parameter determines the word delimiter. By default dashes are used. Options are: <dfn>dash</dfn>, or <dfn>underscore</dfn>:</p> +<p>The second parameter determines the word delimiter. By default dashes are used. Options are: <dfn>dash</dfn>, or <dfn>underscore</dfn>:</p> <code>$title = "What's wrong with CSS?";<br /> <br /> $url_title = url_title($title, 'underscore');<br /> <br /> -// Produces: Whats_wrong_with_CSS +// Produces: Whats_wrong_with_CSS </code> -<p>The third parameter determines whether or not lowercase characters are forced. By default they are not. Options are boolean <dfn>TRUE</dfn>/<dfn>FALSE</dfn>:</p> +<p>The third parameter determines whether or not lowercase characters are forced. By default they are not. Options are boolean <dfn>TRUE</dfn>/<dfn>FALSE</dfn>:</p> <code>$title = "What's wrong with CSS?";<br /> <br /> $url_title = url_title($title, 'underscore', TRUE);<br /> <br /> -// Produces: whats_wrong_with_css +// Produces: whats_wrong_with_css </code> <h3>prep_url()</h3> -<p>This function will add <kbd>http://</kbd> in the event that a scheme is missing from a URL. Pass the URL string to the function like this:</p> +<p>This function will add <kbd>http://</kbd> in the event that a scheme is missing from a URL. Pass the URL string to the function like this:</p> <code> $url = "example.com";<br /><br /> $url = prep_url($url);</code> @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ $url = prep_url($url);</code> to the controller you want to direct to will create the link. The function will build the URL based on your config file values.</p> <p>The optional second parameter allows you to choose between the "location" -method (default) or the "refresh" method. Location is faster, but on Windows servers it can sometimes be a problem. The optional third parameter allows you to send a specific HTTP Response Code - this could be used for example to create 301 redirects for search engine purposes. The default Response Code is 302. The third parameter is <em>only</em> available with 'location' redirects, and not 'refresh'. Examples:</p> +method (default) or the "refresh" method. Location is faster, but on Windows servers it can sometimes be a problem. The optional third parameter allows you to send a specific HTTP Response Code - this could be used for example to create 301 redirects for search engine purposes. The default Response Code is 302. The third parameter is <em>only</em> available with 'location' redirects, and not 'refresh'. Examples:</p> <code>if ($logged_in == FALSE)<br /> {<br /> @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ redirect('/article/13', 'location', 301);</code> <p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> In order for this function to work it must be used before anything is outputted to the browser since it utilizes server headers.<br /> -<strong>Note:</strong> For very fine grained control over headers, you should use the <a href="../libraries/output.html">Output Library</a>'s set_header() function.</p> +<strong>Note:</strong> For very fine grained control over headers, you should use the <a href="../libraries/output.html">Output Library</a>'s set_header() function.</p> |