[wp-hackers] Trailing Slash on Template Tags

[Alexander Beutl]

>
> I'm sorry, what problem would be solved by adding the trailing slash?
>
None - would just stop you from having to add the slash every time you use
the tag...
And would be intelligent since all directories should have a trailing slash
since they are diretories and not files...

As I said before: I don't care if there is a automatic "/" or not... I just
wanted to point out there is no harm when it is added... so if one really
wants to do it it isn't too late since you wouldn't break anything...

Alex

2008/5/29 John Blackbourn <johnbillion+wp at gmail.com<johnbillion%2Bwp at gmail.com>
>:

> I'm sorry, what problem would be solved by adding the trailing slash?
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Alexander Beutl <xel at netgra.de> wrote:
> > Viper: Template Tags are used (most of the time) to give you somewhat
> like
> > the templates directory. You will then go and append the / and the file
> you
> > want to access.
> > So the old templates (with hardcoded /) would create:
> > http://sub.example.org/path/wp-content/templates/mine//custom_style.css
> > new ones (without hardcoded /) would create
> > http://sub.example.org/path/wp-content/templates/mine/custom_style.css
> > which both work the same.
> > Users will not expect anything - they will not have anything to do with
> that
> > and the template directory will not be a place you want anyone browsing
> to.
> >
> > Template Creators would expect the / to be there cause it will be needed
> > allways. So I really don't understand your point. Additional /es do not
> harm
> > anyone - left out /es will make templates break...
> >
> > I don't really care if there is a automatic / or not - but I don't see
> any
> > way where this would harm anything....
> >
> >
> > 2008/5/29 Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>:
> >
> >> Yeah, it's very minor and users are expecting no trailing slash (which
> >> applies to more things than just URLs -- regex, str_replace(), etc.). As
> >> the
> >> saying goes, If it's not (truly) broken, don't fix it.
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Aaron Brazell <emmensetech at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > It is a hit on Apache though. Minor, but Apache needs the slash to
> >> > determine
> >> > file or directory. It's an access time issue.
> >> > Say you type in http://wordpress.org/extend
> >> >
> >> > Apache responds by looking for a file called extend. Access point A.
> It
> >> > doesn't find it, so it fails back on directory lookup. Access point B.
> >> The
> >> > slash just saves Apache some access time and a little work. Neglible
> on a
> >> > small level. Big on scale.
> >> >
> >> > Personally, though, I think the slash at this point is moot for what
> it
> >> > gains us.
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Alexander Beutl <xel at netgra.de>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > but it's much too late to add it.
> >> > >
> >> > > try using // instead of / - tell you what - it works the same.
> >> > > There is no difference in going to
> >> > > http://wordpress.org//download/
> >> > > or
> >> > > http://wordpress.org/download/
> >> > >
> >> > > both work perfectly.
> >> > >
> >> > > So I would say with that it is not to late to change it since this
> >> would
> >> > > make both possible (hardcoding the / or not).
> >> > >
> >> > > Ciao
> >> > > Alex
> >> > >
> >> > > 2008/5/29 Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>:
> >> > >
> >> > > > I'd agree if the function was new, but it's much too late to add
> it.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Chris Poteet <
> cpoteet at siolon.com>
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Why don't template tags such as bloginfo('template_url') include
> >> the
> >> > > > > trailing slash?  I mean, it has to be there anyway so why not
> add
> >> it?
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