[Resolved] Encode URL in View Template

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[Guillaume]

Hello,

I would like to encode a URL field in a view template.

I don't know if I can use the JS function encodeURIComponent() to do it or if there is a better option.

Thanks

[Shane]

Hi Guillaume,

Thank you for getting in touch.

When you say encode a URL are you referring to when you're displaying the URL on the frontend ?

Are you using the types shortcode to display the URL? If so then you can perhaps create a custom shortcode and pass our Types shortcode into it to use the php urlencode() function to encode the URL before displaying it.

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Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[Guillaume]

Thanks for your reply,

Yes, I need to display the encoded url in the frontend.

Today I use a shortcode like this to display my url in the template : [types field="url-produit" output="raw"][/types].

So if I understand, I need to create a shortcode to display something like this :
echo urlencode('[types field="url-produit" output="raw"][/types]') . "\n";

It is correct ?

Thanks

[Shane]

Hi Guillaume,

Here is a custom shortcode that I wrote for this scenario.

// Add Shortcode
function wpc_encode_url( $atts ) {

	// Attributes
	$atts = shortcode_atts(
		array(
			'url' => '',
		),
		$atts
	);

	return urlencode($atts['url']);

}
add_shortcode( 'wpc_encode_url', 'wpc_encode_url' );

Add this to your Toolset Custom code settings at Toolset -> Settings -> Custom Code and activate it.

Now all you need to do is call the shortcode like this.

[wpc_encode_url url='[types field="url-produit" output="raw"][/types]']

Thanks,
Shane

[Guillaume]

My issue is resolved now. This code works perfectly. Thank you!