[TYPO3-core] RFC: #8463: TYPO3_SITE_URL in t3lib_div::locationHeaderUrl to support TYPO3 installed in subfolders

[Christoph Koehler]

In article
<mailman.1.1211303582.22671.typo3-team-core at lists.netfielders.de>"Ernes
to Baschny [cron IT]" <ernst at cron-it.de> wrote:
>  Christoph Koehler wrote: on 19.05.2008 23:21:
>>   this is a SVN patch request.
>>   
>>   Type: Bugfix
>>   
>>   Branches: 4_2
>>   
>>   Bugtracker Reference:
>>   http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=8463
>>   
>>   Problem:
>>   t3lib_div::locationHeaderUrl uses TYPO3_REQUEST_HOST, which
>> doesn't  support TYPO3 installed in subfolders.
>>   
>>   Solution:
>>   Instead of TYPO3_REQUEST_HOST, we use TYPO3_SITE_URL.
>>   
>>   Relations:
>>   Related to #8441, http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=8463.
>>   Made this patch as requested by Steffen Kamper.

>  I guess we cannot change that, as it has been like that for ages and
> is even documented to do that ("relative to host"). Imagine someone
> using it to get the a redirect to some other page that isn't really
> typo3-related, but relative to the document-root of the webserver. It
> won't work anymore. The caller had to prefix the current
> TYPO3-installation path before calling.

>  So if you need / want this functionality, it either has be a
> different function, or it has to ask especifically for it in a new
> (optional) boolean parameter.

>  Either way it is a new feature and it won't go into 4.2.

Ernesto,

That makes sense, thanks for the feedback!

Christoph

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