Sanest method for encoding a URL

gaekwad · 2011-01-23 17:03:03

Hi there. A quick and easy question.

I’m using <txp:permlink /> to output a text string like this:

http://example.com/section/article

What I’d like to do is take that <txp:permlink />’d URL and encode/flatten it into this format:

http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsection%2Farticle

I was thinking I could use rah_replace to switch the characters:

<txp:rah_replace from=":,/" to="%3A,%2F"><txp:permlink /></txp:rah_replace>

…but is there a recommended saner/cleaner option to percent encode, plugin or otherwise?

Thanks in advance.
-Pete

Last edited by gaekwad (2011-01-23 17:14:03)

jakob · 2011-01-23 17:52:16

Could you not use txp:php and a php snippet passing your permlink through php’s urlencode ?

Something like this (untested):

<txp:php>
   global $thisarticle;
   echo urlencode( permlinkurl_id($thisarticle['thisid']) );
</txp:php>

or use echo urlencode($thisarticle['url-title']); if you just need the url_title encoded.

Alternatively, if you don’t mind using a plugin, use Jukka’s rah_function plugin to call the php command (again untested):

<txp:rah_function call="urlencode"><txp:permlink /></txp:rah_function>

BTW: Check the notes on the php docs page linked above if you have the ‘&’-sign in your urls.

Last edited by jakob (2011-01-23 18:05:20)

gaekwad · 2011-01-24 09:01:59

Thanks, jakob – very useful information :)

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