function drupal_encode_path

Encodes a Drupal path for use in a URL.

For aesthetic reasons slashes are not escaped.

Note that url() takes care of calling this function, so a path passed to that function should not be encoded in advance.

Parameters

$path: The Drupal path to encode.

Related topics

HTTP handling
Functions to properly handle HTTP responses.
3 calls to drupal_encode_path()
DrupalPublicStreamWrapper::getExternalUrl in includes/stream_wrappers.inc
Overrides getExternalUrl().
file_create_url in includes/file.inc
Creates a web-accessible URL for a stream to an external or local file.
url in includes/common.inc
Generates an internal or external URL.

File

includes/common.inc, line 635

Code

function drupal_encode_path($path) {
    return str_replace('%2F', '/', rawurlencode((string) $path));
}

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