function hook_file_url_alter

Alter the URL to a file.

This hook is called from file_create_url(), and is called fairly frequently (10+ times per page), depending on how many files there are in a given page. If CSS and JS aggregation are disabled, this can become very frequently (50+ times per page) so performance is critical.

This function should alter the URI, if it wants to rewrite the file URL.

Parameters

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

Related topics

File

modules/system/system.api.php, line 3038

Code

function hook_file_url_alter(&$uri) {
    global $user;
    // User 1 will always see the local file in this example.
    if ($user->uid == 1) {
        return;
    }
    $cdn1 = 'http://cdn1.example.com';
    $cdn2 = 'http://cdn2.example.com';
    $cdn_extensions = array(
        'css',
        'js',
        'gif',
        'jpg',
        'jpeg',
        'png',
    );
    // Most CDNs don't support private file transfers without a lot of hassle,
    // so don't support this in the common case.
    $schemes = array(
        'public',
    );
    $scheme = file_uri_scheme($uri);
    // Only serve shipped files and public created files from the CDN.
    if (!$scheme || in_array($scheme, $schemes)) {
        // Shipped files.
        if (!$scheme) {
            $path = $uri;
        }
        else {
            $wrapper = file_stream_wrapper_get_instance_by_scheme($scheme);
            $path = $wrapper->getDirectoryPath() . '/' . file_uri_target($uri);
        }
        // Clean up Windows paths.
        $path = str_replace('\\', '/', $path);
        // Serve files with one of the CDN extensions from CDN 1, all others from
        // CDN 2.
        $pathinfo = pathinfo($path);
        if (isset($pathinfo['extension']) && in_array($pathinfo['extension'], $cdn_extensions)) {
            $uri = $cdn1 . '/' . $path;
        }
        else {
            $uri = $cdn2 . '/' . $path;
        }
    }
}