How can I issue an URL which points to a ftp-site

you can use urlencode method

I tried that. When I do: <a href="">link

but unfortunatelly the page displays: http://10.0.50.245/HFFFilmArchiv/ftp%3A%2F%2F11111%2F11111%4010.0.50.246 as the link.

The result I would like to have: link

Did I get you wrong?

Okay, of course this page is coded with laravel as well. ;) So my links don't come out right. I entered as href: urlencode("ftp://".$dr->link."/".$dr->link."@".config('app.publichostip'))

and I got as link as what is in my previous post.

But I would like to have: ftp://11111/11111@10.0.50.245

the variables are set correctly of course.

now what issue cases you to for reach your requirment

I would like to offer a link to an external ftp server which serves files for the user. I cannot work with http-download, since the user must be able to transfer a directory-structure and not just single files. So the application should provide a ftp-link with logincredentials included.

<a href="{!!urlencode('ftp://'.$dr->link.'/'.$dr->link.'@'.config('app.publichostip'))!!}"/>

try like above

Issues: http://10.0.50.245/HFFFilmArchiv/ftp%3A%2F%2F11111%2F11111%4010.0.50.246

The problem seems to be that the view-generator somehow tries to be intelligent and issues the local-app-url before everything which doesn't start with http://

Okay, my inital fault, sorry for that. I got the ftp-url-syntax wrong. username and password are divided by colon and not by slash. Thank you for your effort! Tobi