[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #2682: Remove db store of absolute path for uploads

[WordPress Trac]

#2682: Remove db store of absolute path for uploads
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       Id:  2682            |      Status:  new                     
Component:  Administration  |    Modified:  Fri Apr 21 21:19:12 2006
 Severity:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.1                     
 Priority:  normal          |     Version:  2.1                     
    Owner:  anonymous       |    Reporter:  ryanscheuermann         
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 I don't know about anybody else, but this annoys the people who migrate WP
 installs from one server to another.  The current code for uploading files
 stores the absolute path to the file in the database (postmeta) when it's
 possible to just store the relative path.

 The way it is now, the code serializes an array into the database, and
 when migrating, you have to update the byte counts in the DB for the
 uploads to display on the new server.  By using relative paths off the
 ABSPATH variable, this is unnecessary.

 I've attached a patch, but it needs serious testing.

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