Same name in other branches

1. 7.x includes/file.inc \file_create_url()
2. 9 core/includes/file.inc \file_create_url()

Creates a web-accessible URL for a stream to an external or local file.

Compatibility: normal paths and stream wrappers.

There are two kinds of local files:

• "managed files", i.e. those stored by a Drupal-compatible stream wrapper. These are files that have either been uploaded by users or were generated automatically (for example through CSS aggregation).
• "shipped files", i.e. those outside of the files directory, which ship as part of Drupal core or contributed modules or themes.

Parameters

string $uri: The URI to a file for which we need an external URL, or the path to a shipped file.

Return value

string A string containing a URL that may be used to access the file. If the provided string already contains a preceding 'http', 'https', or '/', nothing is done and the same string is returned. If a stream wrapper could not be found to generate an external URL, then FALSE is returned.

See also

https://www.drupal.org/node/515192

file_url_transform_relative()

Related topics

78 calls to file_create_url()

AjaxCssForm::generateResponse in core/modules/ckeditor/tests/modules/src/Form/AjaxCssForm.php

Generates an AJAX response to add CSS to a CKEditor Text Editor instance.

AttachedAssetsTest::testAddFiles in core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Asset/AttachedAssetsTest.php

Tests adding a CSS and a JavaScript file.

AttachedAssetsTest::testAddJsFileWithQueryString in core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Asset/AttachedAssetsTest.php

Tests JavaScript files that have querystrings attached get added right.

AttachedAssetsTest::testAggregatedAttributes in core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Asset/AttachedAssetsTest.php

Tests that attributes are maintained when JS aggregation is enabled.

AttachedAssetsTest::testAttributes in core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Asset/AttachedAssetsTest.php

Tests adding JavaScript files with additional attributes.

... See full list

1 string reference to 'file_create_url'

CKEditor::buildContentsCssJSSetting in core/modules/ckeditor/src/Plugin/Editor/CKEditor.php

Builds the "contentsCss" configuration part of the CKEditor JS settings.

File

core/includes/file.inc, line 213

Code

function file_create_url($uri) {
    // Allow the URI to be altered, e.g. to serve a file from a CDN or static
    // file server.
    \Drupal::moduleHandler()->alter('file_url', $uri);
    $scheme = StreamWrapperManager::getScheme($uri);
    if (!$scheme) {
        // Allow for:
        // - root-relative URIs (e.g. /foo.jpg in http://example.com/foo.jpg)
        // - protocol-relative URIs (e.g. //bar.jpg, which is expanded to
        //   http://example.com/bar.jpg by the browser when viewing a page over
        //   HTTP and to https://example.com/bar.jpg when viewing a HTTPS page)
        // Both types of relative URIs are characterized by a leading slash, hence
        // we can use a single check.
        if (mb_substr($uri, 0, 1) == '/') {
            return $uri;
        }
        else {
            // If this is not a properly formatted stream, then it is a shipped file.
            // Therefore, return the urlencoded URI with the base URL prepended.
            $options = UrlHelper::parse($uri);
            $path = $GLOBALS['base_url'] . '/' . UrlHelper::encodePath($options['path']);
            // Append the query.
            if ($options['query']) {
                $path .= '?' . UrlHelper::buildQuery($options['query']);
            }
            // Append fragment.
            if ($options['fragment']) {
                $path .= '#' . $options['fragment'];
            }
            return $path;
        }
    }
    elseif ($scheme == 'http' || $scheme == 'https' || $scheme == 'data') {
        // Check for HTTP and data URI-encoded URLs so that we don't have to
        // implement getExternalUrl() for the HTTP and data schemes.
        return $uri;
    }
    else {
        // Attempt to return an external URL using the appropriate wrapper.
        if ($wrapper = \Drupal::service('stream_wrapper_manager')->getViaUri($uri)) {
            return $wrapper->getExternalUrl();
        }
        else {
            return FALSE;
        }
    }
}

---