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<txp:page_url />

The page_url tag is a single tag that is used to return a particular component of the URL from the current page being displayed.

Attributes

Tag will accept the following attributes (case-sensitive) as well as the global attributes :

context="list" v4.7.2+
Specifies which Textpattern URL parameters must be retained. For example, <txp:page_url /> without context will produce something like index.php?s=somesec&c=somecat&pg=2 on the corresponding page, while <txp:page_url context="c, s" /> will result in index.php?s=somesec&c=somecat.
Default: unset (retain everything).
default="value" v4.7.0+
The default value if no component of the current page’s URL matches the type attribute.
Default: unset.
type="type" v4.7.0+
Specifies which component of the current page’s URL will be returned.
Values:
admin_root: current site’s admin URL.
author: current page’s author on article lists filtered by author.
c: current page’s category.
css: current style sheet name.
id: current article’s id on a single article page.
images_root: images directory URL.
month: current page’s month on time based article lists.
page: current page template name.
pg: current page number in article list mode.
q: search query string.
request_uri: current article’s URL-title including any query string.
s: current page’s section.
status: HTTP error response (200, 404).
theme: current theme name.
theme_path: current theme directory URL.
themes_root: themes directory URL.
Default: request_uri.

Any other type value will return the matching URL parameter or the default value that will always be sanitized. v4.7.0+

Examples

Example 1: Show the current article’s ID, HTTP status and section

<p>
    Article ID:
    <txp:page_url type="id" />,
    From section:
    <txp:page_url type="s" />
    (Result: <txp:page_url type="status" />)
</p>

This would result in the following, for example:

<p>
    Article ID:
    88,
    From section:
    Tasty pea recipes
    (Result: 200)
</p>

Example 2: Show the current theme’s name and path

<p>
    Using theme '<txp:page_url type="theme" />' located in <code><txp:page_url type="theme_path" /></code>
</p>

This would result in the following, for example:

<p>
    Using theme 'four-point-seven' located in <code>https://example.com/themes/four-point-seven</code>
</p>

Example 3: Show the website’s image and themes directories

<p>
    Site images are located in <code><txp:page_url type="images_root" /></code> and themes are located in <code><txp:page_url type="themes_root" /></code>.
</p>

This would result in the following, for example:

<p>
    Site images are located in <code>https://example.com/images</code> and themes are located in <code>https://example.com/themes/</code>.
</p>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="<txp:page_url type="theme_path" />/styles/default.css">
<script async src="<txp:page_url type="theme_path" />/scripts/main.js"></script>

Example 5: Return the sanitized value of some URL query parameter

<txp:page_url type="lang" default="en" />

Example 6: Link to the latest article in a section

<txp:variable name="is_latest"><txp:page_url type="latest" /></txp:variable>
...
<txp:if_variable name="is_latest" value="1">
    <txp:article limit="1" />
</txp:else>
    <txp:article />
</txp:if_variable>

Using the above code in a page template would permit you to use example.org/articles?latest=1 as a URL and have Textpattern capture the ‘latest’ parameter and take action to display just the most recent article in that section.

Other tags used: article, else, if_variable, variable.

As an alternative, in the Advanced options of the Preferences panel, create a custom form type ‘html’ of type mediatype="text/html". Then in the Forms panel, create a new form called ‘latest’ of this new ‘html’ type and make the following its contents:

<txp:article limit="1">
    <txp:header name="Location" value='<txp:permlink />' />
</txp:article>

Now each hit of /any-section/?f=latest will 302-redirect the visitor to the latest article in that section.

Genealogy

Version 4.7.2

context attribute added.

Version 4.7.0

type attribute behaviour changes (value will always be sanitized).
images_root, theme, theme_path and themes_root values allowed for type attribute.
default attribute added.

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