What is the difference between a URI, a URL and a URN?

Question

People talk about URLs, URIs, and URNs as if they\'re different things, but they look the same to the naked eye.

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Answer 1

I was wondering about the same thing and I've found this: http://docs.kohanaphp.com/helpers/url.

You can see a clear example using the url::current() method. If you have this URL: http://example.com/kohana/index.php/welcome/home.html?query=string then using url:current() gives you the URI which, according to the documentation, is: welcome/home