ZF2: Zend Framework 2 Full URL including host name

Question

In my view I need to draw full URL. Like this:

http://hostename.com/default/url

When I try to use $this->url(\'default\', array(1,2,3)

Answer 1

I found this article with some interesting ways:

1) without parameters use an empty array:

// Using a route with the name "register" and the route "/register"
echo $this->url('register', array(), array('force_canonical' => true)); 
// Output: http://mydomain.com/register

2) note the differences between:

echo $this->serverUrl(); 
// Output: http://mydomain.com

and

// Current URL: http://mydomain.com/register
echo $this->serverUrl(true); 
// Output: http://mydomain.com/register

3) starting from the route

// The "register" route has the following route: /register
echo $this->serverUrl($this->url('register')); 
// Output: http://mydomain.com/register