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UrlGeneratorInterface extends RequestContextAwareInterface

UrlGeneratorInterface is the interface that all URL generator classes must implement.

The constants in this interface define the different types of resource references that are declared in RFC 3986: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 We are using the term "URL" instead of "URI" as this is more common in web applications and we do not need to distinguish them as the difference is mostly semantical and less technical. Generating URIs, i.e. representation-independent resource identifiers, is also possible.

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Fabien Potencier fabien@symfony.com

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Tobias Schultze http://tobion.de

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ABSOLUTE_PATH  = 1
Generates an absolute path, e.g. "/dir/file".
ABSOLUTE_URL  = 0
Generates an absolute URL, e.g. "http://example.com/dir/file".
NETWORK_PATH  = 3
Generates a network path, e.g. "//example.com/dir/file".
RELATIVE_PATH  = 2
Generates a relative path based on the current request path, e.g. "../parent-file".
generate()  : string
Generates a URL or path for a specific route based on the given parameters.
getContext()  : RequestContext
Gets the request context.
setContext()  : mixed
Sets the request context.

Constants

ABSOLUTE_URL

Generates an absolute URL, e.g. "http://example.com/dir/file".

public mixed ABSOLUTE_URL = 0

NETWORK_PATH

Generates a network path, e.g. "//example.com/dir/file".

public mixed NETWORK_PATH = 3

Such reference reuses the current scheme but specifies the host.

Methods

generate()

Generates a URL or path for a specific route based on the given parameters.

public generate(string $name[, array<string|int, mixed> $parameters = [] ][, int $referenceType = self::ABSOLUTE_PATH ]) : string

Parameters that reference placeholders in the route pattern will substitute them in the path or host. Extra params are added as query string to the URL.

When the passed reference type cannot be generated for the route because it requires a different host or scheme than the current one, the method will return a more comprehensive reference that includes the required params. For example, when you call this method with $referenceType = ABSOLUTE_PATH but the route requires the https scheme whereas the current scheme is http, it will instead return an ABSOLUTE_URL with the https scheme and the current host. This makes sure the generated URL matches the route in any case.

If there is no route with the given name, the generator must throw the RouteNotFoundException.

The special parameter _fragment will be used as the document fragment suffixed to the final URL.

Parameters
$name : string
$parameters : array<string|int, mixed> = []
$referenceType : int = self::ABSOLUTE_PATH
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throws
RouteNotFoundException

If the named route doesn't exist

throws
MissingMandatoryParametersException

When some parameters are missing that are mandatory for the route

throws
InvalidParameterException

When a parameter value for a placeholder is not correct because it does not match the requirement

Return values
string

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