what does sefRelToAbs do ?

[jalil]

i want to translate between SEF URLS to traditional or Joomla! URLs and vice versa...is this (sefRelToAbs) the right function to use ?

[plamendp]

Hi,

sefRelToAbs() converts "traditional", relative URL:

index.html?a=b&c=d

to SEF, absolute URL: 

/webroot/pathto/index.html/a,b/c,d

Plamen(dp)





Plamen(dp)

[ianmac]

The functionality of sefRelToAbs depends on the SEF setting of the Joomla! system it is running on.  Should also be noted it is a 1.0 only function and in 1.5 JRoute::_() should be used.

Ian

[plamendp]

Good point, thanks!

Plamen

[ChiefGoFor]

Just to add to what Ian said, your SEF setting will affect how this function operated, but it is always a good idea to use it (in J! 1.0), even if you do not use SEF.

For instance, let's say we have:

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sefRelToAbs('index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=34')

If SEF is off, it will be converted to:

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http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=34

If SEF is on, it will be converted to:

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http://www.yourdomain.com/content/view/19/34/

Hense the name, relative links become absolute. The past in front is taken from your $mosConfig_live_site variable in configuration.php (Global Configuration)

I hope that helps someone out there.

[jalil]

Just to add to what Ian said, your SEF setting will affect how this function operated, but it is always a good idea to use it (in J! 1.0), even if you do not use SEF.

i think this is a very important point. i coding 1.0 right now, and when i go to 1.5 i just stick a JRoute in sef.

[jalil]

currently the sef.php in only resets $_SERVER['REQUEST'].

so i have to take the codes from sef into a newfile and modify them for my purpose. is this ok to do ?
i do not mind that if someone does that to my code, sol ong as the credits are kept intact, and if i understand the license correctly, it should be ok to jusy copy the sef.php ?

[dhowe01]

The functionality of sefRelToAbs depends on the SEF setting of the Joomla! system it is running on.  Should also be noted it is a 1.0 only function and in 1.5 JRoute::_() should be used.

Ian

Should we expect sefRefToAbs to work when compatibility mode is turned on in 1.5?

[ianmac]

I would imagine, yes.

This is a often used function, so though I haven't tried it, I would say most certainly it would be.  If it doesn't, please file a bug report.

Ian

[eddyyanto]

It seemed that sefRelToAbs() function doesn't work with index2.php.
Has anybody achieved that before? I mean make the sefRelToAbs to work with index2.php? 

[dhowe01]

It doesn't work with CB either.  Apparently Beat has reported this to the Joomla Dev team on several times and it just isn't getting fixed.

[ChiefGoFor]

It doesn't work with CB either.  Apparently Beat has reported this to the Joomla Dev team on several times and it just isn't getting fixed.

?? Beat is on the Dev team

[dhowe01]

?? Beat is on the Dev team

Please refer to this thread:

http://www.joomlapolis.com/component/op ... 106/#47106

Where the following is stated, by Beat:

I reported this bug 3 times to joomla core team, once even in bug tracker.

Maybe you could report it to Joomla 1.5 Q&T forums as well ?

Exact problem is that relative paths do not get converted correctly within components in SEF mode to absolute paths in sefRelToAbs() function.

Seems like the ball is being dropped somewhere.

[ChiefGoFor]

Ah, reported to the Core Team... not the Dev Team. Thanks for the extra info.