Try #https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/275

context.go

@@ -327,23 +327,6 @@ func (ctx *Context) Subdomain() (subdomain string) {
 	return
 }
 
-// URLEncode returns the path encoded as url
-// useful when you want to pass something to a database and be valid to retrieve it via context.Param
-// use it only for special cases, when the default behavior doesn't suits you.
-//
-// http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm
-/* Credits to Manish Singh @kryptodev for URLEncode by post issue share code */
-func URLEncode(path string) string {
-	if path == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
-	u := fasthttp.AcquireURI()
-	u.SetPath(path)
-	encodedPath := u.String()[8:]
-	fasthttp.ReleaseURI(u)
-	return encodedPath
-}
-
 // ReadJSON reads JSON from request's body
 func (ctx *Context) ReadJSON(jsonObject interface{}) error {
 	data := ctx.RequestCtx.Request.Body()

http_test.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -243,12 +242,13 @@ func TestMultiRunningServers_v2(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 const (
-	testEnableSubdomain = false
+	testEnableSubdomain = true
-	testSubdomain       = "mysubdomain.com"
+	testSubdomain       = "mysubdomain"
 )
 
 func testSubdomainHost() string {
-	return testSubdomain + strconv.Itoa(Servers.Main().Port())
+	s := testSubdomain + "." + Servers.Main().Host()
+	return s
 }
 
 func testSubdomainURL() (subdomainURL string) {
@@ -433,6 +433,20 @@ func TestMuxPathEscape(t *testing.T) {
 		Expect().Status(StatusOK).Body().Equal("name=Sakamoto desu ga,highlight=text")
 }
 
+func TestMuxEncodeURL(t *testing.T) {
+	initDefault()
+
+	Get("/encoding/:url", func(ctx *Context) {
+		url := URLEncode(ctx.Param("url"))
+		ctx.SetStatusCode(StatusOK)
+		ctx.Write(url)
+	})
+
+	e := Tester(t)
+
+	e.GET("/encoding/http%3A%2F%2Fsome-url.com").Expect().Status(StatusOK).Body().Equal("http://some-url.com")
+}
+
 func TestMuxCustomErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		notFoundMessage        = "Iris custom message for 404 not found"

iris.go

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
@@ -753,6 +754,39 @@ func (s *Framework) Path(routeName string, args ...interface{}) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(r.formattedPath, arguments...)
 }
 
+// URLEncode returns the path encoded as url
+// useful when you want to pass something to a database and be valid to retrieve it via context.Param
+// use it only for special cases, when the default behavior doesn't suits you.
+//
+// http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm
+// it uses just the url.QueryUnescape
+func URLEncode(path string) string {
+	if path == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	encodedPath, _ := url.QueryUnescape(path)
+	return encodedPath
+}
+
+// URLEncode returns the path encoded as url
+// useful when you want to pass something to a database and be valid to retrieve it via context.Param
+// use it only for special cases, when the default behavior doesn't suits you.
+//
+// http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm
+/* Credits to Manish Singh @kryptodev for URLEncode by post issue share code */
+// simple things, if URLEncode doesn't gives you the results you waited, use this function
+// I know it is not the best  way to describe it, but I don't think you will ever need this, it is here for ANY CASE
+func URLEncodeFasthttp(path string) string {
+	if path == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	u := fasthttp.AcquireURI()
+	u.SetPath(path)
+	encodedPath := u.String()[8:]
+	fasthttp.ReleaseURI(u)
+	return encodedPath
+}
+
 // URL returns the subdomain+ host + Path(...optional named parameters if route is dynamic)
 // returns an empty string if parse is failed
 func URL(routeName string, args ...interface{}) (url string) {