Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Configuration of $source_http

[Matthew M. <ma...@tu...>]

> Why do we have to type	<code>echo "http://" . $source_http;</code> just
> to get the http:// in front of the source http each time? It would make
> better sense to just have the the http:// part in that variable which I
> tried but then noticed that a lot of the modules have http:// hard
> coded in front of the source http variable which means a lot of
> changing of code and then a new release will come out and you will have
> to change that code too to make it work nicely.
>
> Is there some specific reason for this or is it an annoying issue that
> the developers are aware of this and will someday fix?

Actually, as Jeremy noted at Sourceforge, http:// prefixing is redundant
and an extra tax on the system.

As such, today I went in and tried to remove many of http prefixes and
prevented the system from using a url as a path to a file.
For example I was using getimagesize with URLs to get dimensions. Now php
will allow this, but according to Jeremy, Apache has to open a connection
for each check. imageTag now figures out a file directory path from the
address instead.

Long story short, just use relative pathing for anything that will appear
in the 'images' directory. Instead of $core->home_http . "images/myMod/"
just use "images/mymod"

For images used by your module, it is a different story. Consider using
the imageTag function. Make sure to add $core->home_http to the address
you send it so it can find the file directory.

By the way, we are phasing out $core->source_http, source_dir, home_dir,
and home_http for the defined variables:
PHPWS_SOURCE_HTTP
PHPWS_SOURCE_DIR
PHPWS_HOME_HTTP
PHPWS_HOME_DIR

Also, if everyone gets a chance, please check out tonight's CVS distro. I
think there should be a speed increase.

Thank you,
Matt