Question

im trying to get a param from my url.. via $this->_request->getParam('url')

so, /url/http://www.yahoo.com

but the value of param url is h because theres forward slashes in the value..
how can i get the full url… as now, its thinking that the http:// is another param..

    public function getUrlToGo(){

$url=$this->_request->getParam('url');
if ($url='http://www.yahoo.com'){
return $this->_forward("findyahoo", "urlclass");

}
}

Answer 1

Usually when urls are passed in the address bar the slashes (and most other characters) are converted into url-safe characters.

<?php
$url = urlencode('http://www.yahoo.com');
echo $url; //http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com

You can then use urldecode($url) to get the original url back.