From 6e312ad8372d4a6765d15d453a083445417da015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: live-soft <livesoftlive@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:40:55 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add helpers to encode and decode query string as URL-safe
 base64

---
 helpers/functions.php | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/helpers/functions.php b/helpers/functions.php
index c10cba2..a9e7549 100644
--- a/helpers/functions.php
+++ b/helpers/functions.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use Quantum\Libraries\HttpClient\HttpClient;
 use Quantum\App\Exceptions\BaseException;
 use Quantum\Di\Exceptions\DiException;
+use Quantum\Http\Request;
 
 /**
  * Gets the url with selected language
@@ -117,3 +118,26 @@ function textCleanUp(string $text)
 {
     return str_replace(['"', '\'', '-'], '', $text);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Encodes current query string to URL-safe base64.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function nav_ref_encode(): string
+{
+    $q = Request::getQuery();
+    return $q ? rtrim(strtr(base64_encode($q), '+/', '-_'), '=') : '';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a URL-safe base64 reference back to query string.
+ *
+ * @param string|null $ref
+ * @return string|null
+ */
+function nav_ref_decode(?string $ref): ?string
+{
+    if (!$ref) return null;
+    return base64_decode(strtr($ref, '-_', '+/')) ?: null;
+}
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From 3ef7bfea6ff0e9c9d611611e7f2cb27d9bf84a5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: live-soft <livesoftlive@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:05:21 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] code refactoring

---
 helpers/functions.php | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helpers/functions.php b/helpers/functions.php
index a9e7549..0a7f2a0 100644
--- a/helpers/functions.php
+++ b/helpers/functions.php
@@ -121,13 +121,12 @@ function textCleanUp(string $text)
 
 /**
  * Encodes current query string to URL-safe base64.
- *
+ * @param string $query
  * @return string
  */
-function nav_ref_encode(): string
+function nav_ref_encode(?string $query): string
 {
-    $q = Request::getQuery();
-    return $q ? rtrim(strtr(base64_encode($q), '+/', '-_'), '=') : '';
+    return $query ? rtrim(strtr(base64_encode($query), '+/', '-_'), '=') : '';
 }
 
 /**

From f3a6f722dd4d2b49d5b382c209c33683d24d788f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: live-soft <livesoftlive@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:14:31 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] code refactoring

---
 helpers/functions.php | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helpers/functions.php b/helpers/functions.php
index 0a7f2a0..9611cb5 100644
--- a/helpers/functions.php
+++ b/helpers/functions.php
@@ -132,11 +132,16 @@ function nav_ref_encode(?string $query): string
 /**
  * Decodes a URL-safe base64 reference back to query string.
  *
- * @param string|null $ref
- * @return string|null
+ * @param string $ref
+ * @return string
  */
-function nav_ref_decode(?string $ref): ?string
+function nav_ref_decode(?string $ref): string
 {
-    if (!$ref) return null;
-    return base64_decode(strtr($ref, '-_', '+/')) ?: null;
+    if (!$ref) {
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    $decoded = base64_decode(strtr($ref, '-_', '+/'), true);
+
+    return ($decoded === false || $decoded === '') ? '' : $decoded;
 }
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From 17c698d3ffe9edec537021c2ee0af87d18968cfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: live-soft <livesoftlive@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:55:37 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] code refactoring

---
 helpers/functions.php | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helpers/functions.php b/helpers/functions.php
index 9611cb5..b820f1f 100644
--- a/helpers/functions.php
+++ b/helpers/functions.php
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ function nav_ref_encode(?string $query): string
  */
 function nav_ref_decode(?string $ref): string
 {
-    if (!$ref) {
-        return '';
+    if ($ref === 'my-posts') {
+        return '/my-posts';
     }
 
-    $decoded = base64_decode(strtr($ref, '-_', '+/'), true);
+    $decoded = $ref ? base64_decode(strtr($ref, '-_', '+/'), true) : false;
 
-    return ($decoded === false || $decoded === '') ? '' : $decoded;
+    return '/posts' . ($decoded ? '?' . $decoded : '');
 }
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