Create absolute url from relative url in drupal

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I have created an update script in hook_update_N where I have to create relative urls from absolute url.

For eg :

relative url = /files/test1.jpg

absolute url should be http://localhost.mysite/files/test1.jpg

I know these possible solutions,

  • file_create_url()
  • url()
  • $_SERVER['host'], $_SERVER['server_name']

But none of them is working in the update script.

Possible Reason : Script isn't executed from browser. So there isn't request from which you can resolve server name etc.

The above solutions work fine if I run the script from browser instead of terminal.

Is there any other way we can create absolute urls in hook_update_N so that it works when I run the script from terminal?

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urldrupal-7

1 Answers

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Try to use global $base_url and add to it your relative url

global $base_url;
$full_url = $base_url . $relative_url