Does JUri::root() return https on sites that use ssl?

Question

If my site was using ssl, would JUri::root() return a url containing https?

If it didn't, what could I use to return the https equivalent of JUri::root() ?

Answer 1

According to the source code - it should return https:

// Determine if the request was over SSL (HTTPS).
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && !empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && (strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']) != 'off'))
{
    $https = 's://';
}
else
{
    $https = '://';
}

Answer 2

JUri::root() returns the Url according to the user access. If the user has accessed Joomla from a https Url, then JUri::root() returns the https root url.

As a side note, to create Urls with no protocol definition, to follow the user access preference, you can create Urls like //www.mydomain.com/blalbla.