[tdaplyn]

When you use the Select File button to choose a file from the media library, it always inserts a relative URL, not an absolute one.
Does it really make sense that we have to manually add ‘https://mysite.com/’ in front every time?
Thanks,
Tim

[tdaplyn]

Hi,

That’s not quite what I meant. What I was saying it that it should accept relative URLs really, in case the site gets moved to a different domain etc.

Thanks for your help
Tim

[tdaplyn]

Thanks – I can confirm that’s now working!

Is there any way I can use variables like {PROTOCOL} and {HOST} or similar to have the plugin look at the request URL and fill-in the detail? Or better still have the plugin just accept root-based relative paths (starting with ‘/’) and prepend the protocol and host as needed at runtime?

It’s generally considered bad form to hard-code full paths to on-server resources as it will cause lots of broken functionality should the site move to a new domain or http/https access change.

Thanks,
Tim

[tdaplyn]

Hi. Thanks for getting back to me.

The file is uploaded to the media library on the wordpress install (local).

The full error is:

Error on file_exists(‘/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/[filename].pdf’)

This is the correct path to the file (if I append it to my root domain it downloads fine).

For the Automatic URL Conversion Preference setting I have tried all 3 options – Absolute, Relative and Do not convert, but the result is exactly the same error message.

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