routes: _path vs. _url

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Routes offers you the ability to use _path or _url as a way to make links/redirect/etc throughout your site. However, I'm just wondering when you should use _path and when you should use _url. Is there a preference to which one to use? They seem to be fairly interchangeable (in my very simple app there's no difference which one I use), but there have to be nuances of when to use which one, otherwise there wouldn't be both options.

This isn't a very important question, so answer at your own leisure.

Thanks, Zak

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Routes offers you the ability to use _path or _url as a way to make links/redirect/etc throughout your site. However, I'm just wondering when you should use _path and when you should use _url. Is there a preference to which one to use? They seem to be fairly interchangeable (in my very simple app there's no difference which one I use), but there have to be nuances of when to use which one, otherwise there wouldn't be both options.

This isn't a very important question, so answer at your own leisure.

_path doesn't include the "http://yourdomain.com" part. _url does.

So if you need the protocol/domain use _url.

For example if you're switching b/n http and https, or between servers, or if you want to include a full URL in an email or for the user to copy...

-philip