Question

I have noticed that some core plugins (and the core) use PUBURL to render the link to some javascripts and css files.

The difference between is that PUBURL renders the whole URL while PUBURLPATH only renders the query path (URl without server or protocol).

Given that PUBURL is not "rewrite-friendly" (fact that I found the hard wayt), in which cases it should be preferred over PUBURLPATH?

Environment

-- RafaelAlvarez - 21 Apr 2008

Answer

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Whenever you are preparing text which is not controlled by a browser (which respects a <base href="..."/>), a %PUBURL% is necessary, e.g. when creating printable documents or mails. In all other cases, including CSS and JavaScript, %PUBURLPATH% should be more appropriate.

-- HaraldJoerg - 21 Apr 2008