Framework: Elixir helper method returns absolute path to server web root

[benjaminhansen]

I noticed that when I used the Elixir helper function it returns an absolute path to the root of the server. I have a project that's located in a directory (http://server.test/project) and couldn't get my versioned css and js files to be loaded correctly.

In Illuminate\Foundation\helpers.php line 349 I changed
return '/'.$buildDirectory.'/'.$manifest[$file];
to
return url($buildDirectory.'/'.$manifest[$file]);
so that it would return a path relative to where my project is located.

This was the only way I found to get my project to correctly reference my versioned build files and it seems to me that the url() helper method should've been used here to begin with.

[GrahamCampbell]

This has been suggested loads of times. Not sure why it's not changed in L5.3 yet. Ping @taylorotwell.

[it-can]

But how would you handle a custom domain for a file? I have some css on a CDN, so what I do is:

function cdnUrl()
{
    return (config('settings.cdn')) ?: url('/');
}

function elixirCDN($file)
{
    return cdnUrl() . elixir($file);
}

When the elixir() function automatically includes url() this will not work anymore...

[fernandobandeira]

@it-can Maybe the elixir function could support a new parameter;

function elixir($file, $url = false,$buildDirectory = 'build')

This way the return would check if the parameter exists or use the url() by default

return ($url ?: url('/')).'/'.$buildDirectory.'/'.$manifest[$file];

Then just call this in your function:

return elixir($file, cdnUrl()); //breakable change
//or
return elixir($file, 'build', cdnUrl()); //not so pretty

[it-can]

@fhb12345 I think changing the elixir() function to use url() and/or adding a url parameter to the elixir() function is breaking...

[GrahamCampbell]

This has come up before. It's probably easier for people to just make their own function which exactly fits their individual requirements.