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Miscellaneous

urlFor()

urlFor() — returns any

Creates an internal URL based on supplied arguments.

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
routestringyes—Name of a route that you have configured in config/routes.cfm.
controllerstringyes—Name of the controller to include in the URL.
actionstringyes—Name of the action to include in the URL.
keyanyyes—Key(s) to include in the URL.
paramsstringyes—Any additional parameters to be set in the query string (example: wheels=cool&x=y). Please note that CFWheels uses the & and = characters to split the parameters and encode them properly for you (using URLEncodedFormat() internally). However, if you need to pass in & or = as part of the value, then you need to encode them (and only them), example: a=cats%26dogs%3Dtrouble!&b=1.
anchorstringyes—Sets an anchor name to be appended to the path.
onlyPathbooleanyestrueIf true, returns only the relative URL (no protocol, host name or port).
hoststringyes—Set this to override the current host.
protocolstringyes—Set this to override the current protocol.
portnumericyes0Set this to override the current port number.
urlFor([ route, controller, action, key, params, anchor, onlyPath, host, protocol, port ]) <!--- Create the URL for the `logOut` action on the `account` controller, typically resulting in `/account/log-out` --->
#urlFor(controller="account", action="logOut")#

<!--- Create a URL with an anchor set on it --->
#urlFor(action="comments", anchor="comment10")#

<!--- Create a URL based on a route called `products`, which expects params for `categorySlug` and `productSlug` --->
#urlFor(route="product", categorySlug="accessories", productSlug="battery-charger")#