/**
* Given a hash of key/value pairs, generate a URL for this application.
* It will try and select the best URL for the situation by first going
* through all the routes and seeing which is the best match. Then, any
* remaining parameters are put into the querystring.
*
* Given the following and assuming the default route list:
* @code
* create_url(array('controller' => 'user', 'action' => 'list', 'some_param' => '1'))
* @endcode
*
* Should generate:
* @code
* /user/list?some_param=1
* @endcode
*
* @param array List of parameters used to create the url
* @return string
* @author Ted Kulp
**/
public static function create_url($params = array())
{
$new_url = '';
foreach (SilkRoute::get_routes() as $one_route) {
$route_params = SilkRoute::get_params_from_route($one_route->route_string);
$diff = array_diff($route_params, array_keys($params));
if (!count($diff)) {
//This is the first route that should work ok for the given parameters
//Even if it's short, we can add the rest on via the query string
$new_url = $one_route->route_string;
$similar = array_intersect($route_params, array_keys($params));
foreach ($similar as $one_param) {
$new_url = str_replace(":{$one_param}", $params[$one_param], $new_url);
unset($params[$one_param]);
}
break;
}
}
if (count($params)) {
$new_url = $new_url . '?' . http_build_query($params, '', '&');
}
return SilkRequest::get_calculated_url_base(true, true) . $new_url;
}
