Introduction

urlex() extends the capabilities of url() by allowing you to specify a particular protocol, host, and port for the URL to be generated.

For instance, if you want to make sure that sensitive data like credit card numbers are transmitted safely, you might use the secure protocol HTTPS (rather than HTTP). In this case, you use the urlex() function to specify that a protocol other than HTTP should be used.

Syntax

urlex( <protocol>, [<portNumber>], <action - operation> )
urlex( <protocol>, [<portNumber>], <action - operation>, [<parameter - operation>] )
urlex( <protocol>, [<host>], [<portNumber>], <action - operation> )
urlex( <protocol>, [<host>], [<portNumber>], <action - operation>, [<parameter - operation>] )

Example

a href ="#urlex('https','443',action('ViewBasketHistory-Start'))#">
... link text to be displayed ...
</a>

Parameters

The following attributes are required:

protocol

This parameter is required.
protocol = string
The string that defines the part of a URL that contains information about the protocol. For example, you can set protocol to HTTPS or FTP.

host

This parameter is optional.
host = string
The string that defines the part of a URL that contains information about the host (for example, www.intershop.com).

portNumber

This parameter is optional.
portNumber = string
The string that defines the TCP/IP port number of the target pipeline. If not specified, the associated port of the given protocol will be used.

action

This parameter is required.
action - operation
Result of an action() function call.

parameter

This parameter is optional.
parameter - operation

Result of a parameter() function call. The parameter() function may be included as often as needed in this function call.