URL Helper

Configuration

You can add a variable prefix to all the available variables below by adding the following to your config.php file:

$config['url_helper']['prefix'] = 'url:';

Variables

{is_ajax_request}

check to see if the current page was requested via ajax.

{last_segment}

returns the very last segment in the URI, even if it's a pagination segment

{last_segment_absolute}

returns the very last segment in the URI, but 2nd to last if the last is a pagination segment

{last_segment_id}

returns the ID of the last segment, in the case of /seg1/seg2/seg3/ it will return "3"

{last_segment_absolute_id}

return the ID of the last segment, or 2nd to last if the last is a pagination segment. In the case of ### /seg1/seg2/seg3/P5 it will return "3"

{parent_segment}

Will return the 2nd to last segment in the URI. In the case of /seg1/seg2/seg3/, it will return "seg2"

{all_parent_segments}

seg1/seg2/seg3 - Will return seg1/seg2

{all_segments}

seg1/seg2/seg3

{current_url}

http://www.mysite.com + segments + query string

{current_url_path}

http://www.mysite.com + segments

{current_uri}

segments + query string

{current_url_encoded}

{current_url} base64encoded

{current_uri_encoded}

{current_uri} base64encoded

{query_string}

current query string including ?, returns blank if no query string exists

{referrer}

full referring/previous url visited

{referrer:segment_N}

fetch any segment from the referring url

{segment_N_category_id}

{segment_N_category_url_title}

{segment_N_category_name}

{segment_N_category_description}

{segment_N_category_image}

{last_segment_category_id}

{last_segment_category_url_title}

{last_segment_category_name}

{last_segment_category_description}

{last_segment_category_image}

{segment_category_ids}

2&6&9 - useful for doing an all inclusive search of the segments

{segment_category_ids_any}

2|6|9 - useful for doing an "if any" search of the segments

{query}

current query string without ?

{scheme}

http, https, ftp etc

{host}

your domain name, e.g. localhost, site.com

{port}

any port number present in the URL, e.g. :80 or :8888

{path}

full folder/virtural folder path or all segments if your site is located at the root of the domain/vhost

{fragment}

anything after # in the URI

{user}

{pass}