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URL Library
Overview
This URL library provides numerous utilities to work with URLs. Some of the most useful URL utilities are described below.
URL Utilities
Encoder
The Magento\Framework\Url\EncoderInterface provides a method to encode the URL provided to it into a base64 format and also escapes the special charaters described in the table below.
| Special Character | Encoded Value |
|---|---|
+ |
- |
/ |
_ |
= |
, |
Decoder
The Magento\Framework\Url\DecoderInterface provides a method to decode the base64 encoded URL provided to it and also decodes the special characters described in the table below.
| Special Character | Decoded Value |
|---|---|
- |
+ |
_ |
/ |
, |
= |
Usage
Declare DecoderInterface and EncoderInterface as a constructor dependency to get an instance of these classes.
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use Magento\Framework\Url\DecoderInterface;
use Magento\Framework\Url\EncoderInterface;
/**
* @var EncoderInterface
*/
private $encoder;
/**
* @var DecoderInterface
*/
private $decoder;
/**
* QuickCartTaxInput constructor.
*
* @param EncoderInterface $encoder
* @param DecoderInterface $decoder
*/
public function __construct(
EncoderInterface $encoder,
DecoderInterface $decoder
) {
$this->encoder = $encoder;
$this->decoder = $decoder;
}
/**
* Encodes URL to base64 format and escapes special characters.
*
* @param string $url
*
* @return string
*/
public function encodeURL($url): string
{
return $this->encoder->encode($url);
}
/**
* Decodes URL from base64 format and special characters.
*
* @param string $encodedUrl
*
* @return string
*/
public function decodeURL($encodedUrl): string
{
return $this->decoder->decode($encodedUrl);
}