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

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)

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

Good point, thanks!

Plamen

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:


If SEF is off, it will be converted to:


If SEF is on, it will be converted to:



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.

ChiefGoFor wrote: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.

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 ?

ianmac wrote: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?

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

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? 

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.

dhowe01 wrote: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

ChiefGoFor wrote:
?? 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.

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