[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11159: WP_SITEURL and bloginfo('siteurl') inconsistent, or WP_SITEURL should be defined

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#11159: WP_SITEURL and bloginfo('siteurl') inconsistent, or WP_SITEURL should be
defined
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 Reporter:  anmari        |       Owner:                       
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned           
Component:  General       |     Version:                       
 Severity:  minor         |    Keywords:  WP_SITEURL, constants
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 The wordpress directory constant WP_SITEURL remains undefined if not
 defined in wp-config.php , although other constants referred to in
 http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php  '''do get defined''' in
 wp-settings.php.  See from around line 109 and lines 228, 362, 370 etc
 onwards.

 get_bloginfo('siteurl') defaults to get_bloginfo('home'). If a developer
 uses get_bloginfo('siteurl') and the wp install has wp_siteurl defined in
 the config file - the "wrong" url is returned from what the developer
 expects.

 So while a developer can use other constants, they cannot reliably use
 WP_SITEURL.  They must check for definition of WP_SITEURL and define
 WP_SITEURL themselves using 'wp_url', not 'siteurl', as that gives same as
 'home', or always use bloginfo('wp-url') - slower.

 See: general-template.php (in 2.9) lines 303 on has:
                 case 'url' :
                 case 'home' : // DEPRECATED
                 case 'siteurl' : // DEPRECATED
                         $output = get_option('home');
                         break;
                 case 'wpurl' :
                         $output = get_option('siteurl');
                         break;

 Surely
 1) bloginfo('siteurl') even if deprecated, should call option('siteurl'),
 as per bloginfo('wp_url'), not 'home'
 OR
 2) WP_SITEURL (or WP_WPURL!!) should be defined in wp-settings if not
 defined in config

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