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I would like to pass URL’s as parameters. So I can use it in a segment-variable.

I tried something like this, putting the encoded URL in a URL-segment:

<a href="http://zaplog.nl/nieuw/Horloge+van+bush+gerold/http&#x3A&#x2F&#x2Fzapruder.nl&#x2Fzaplog&#x2Fartikel&#x2Fhorloge_van_bush_gerold">http://zaplog.nl/nieuw/Horloge+van+bush+gerold/http://zapruder.nl/zaplog/artikel/horloge_van_bush_gerold</a>

Where segment_2 = “Horloge van bush gerold”
and segment_3 = “http://zapruder.nl/zaplog/artikel/horloge_van_bush_gerold/”

But this doesn’t work. (Though I feel this ought to work)

I need something else that works. I need to pass a page an URL. Maybe use ?param1=value&param2=value etc.  but how can I get to the full URL from a template?

Of course the last URL-segment looked like a correct /normal encoded URL before this forum software mutilated it.

Not possible?

I don’t believe that would be a URI that Apache would successfully process unless you were running ExpressionEngine with query strings enabled.  And in the latter case, you’d trigger an “Invalid URI” warning from ExpressionEngine, which would view that URL as a potential security threat.

What specifically are you wanting to do?  In other words, how are you planning on this information finding its way into the URL, and how are you planning to use it on the target template?  The method I recommend will vary greatly depending on those two factors.

I would like to pass an external URL to a template for a social bookmarking site I would like to build. A title and an URL.

If you’re using a Module, you could give its own Action, which would give you endpoint URLs like http://example.com/index.php?ACT=45&name=Example&url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F

If not, then you can send the data directly to a template via POST data.  This can be triggered from a regular link and not require a rendered form in the browser if you use some Javascript.  See FeedQuickStart for an idea of how to do this.

Isn’t it possible to access to full URL including its parameters from a template? (using PHP?) I don’t mind writing some code to parse the URL.

I need to populate a SAEF with some values that where passed from external websites by URL.

I figured out this will work:

<?php echo @getenv(‘PATH_INFO’) ; ?>
<?php echo @getenv(‘QUERY_STRING’) ; ?>