[TYPO3-core] RFC #9412: config.absRefPrefix can force wrong URL when linking across domains

[Steffen Kamper]

Hi,

Dmitry Dulepov [typo3] schrieb:
> Hi!
> 
> This is SVN patch request.
> 
> Type: bug
> 
> Branches: trunk, 4.2
> 
> BT reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=9412
> 
> Problem: if config.absRefPrefix contains scheme and domain name 
> ("http://example.com/"), it will force wrong URL when linking across 
> domains. typoLink must strip absRefPrefix from the URL in such case 
> because absRefPrefix applies only to the current domain. Additionally 
> absRefPrefix will create a link to the current domain and not to the 
> expected domain.
> 
> Solution: strip absRefPrefix from the URL if linking across domains is 
> enabled and another domain is detected.
> 
> How to test: create two domain records on different pages. Set different 
> config.absRefPrefix in the TS template for each domain. absRefPrefix 
> must look like "http://domain.tld/". Now add text element on any page 
> and make two links: one to the domain for this page and another for the 
> second domain. Look in the FE, both links will point to the current 
> domain, though path for the second link will to another domain. Apply 
> the patch, clear page cache and reload the page. Now all links are correct.
> 
> Note: I think this is one of two last bugs for absRefPrefix in TYPO3. 
> The other bug is about prepending absRefPrefix to some paths inside 
> TYPO3 but it needs more investigation. If these two bugs are fixed, we 
> could finally get rid of config.baseURL forever (and all problems that 
> it causes).
> 

+1 by reading, i will test it today.

Short question: why is baseURL no longer needed after the patch? Does it 
have side effects if baseURL is set (with conditions as usual)?

vg Steffen