[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12496: blog.dir should not require the use of php to serve large files

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#12496: blog.dir should not require the use of php to serve large files
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:     
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  3.0
Component:  Multisite          |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal             |    Keywords:     
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 On MS installs, files are uploaded to:

 {{{
 blog.dir/site_id/files/path/file.ext
 }}}

 We then use a rewrite rule to pass these things through WP, which uses php
 to read the file. in addition to introducing performance problems with
 large files (as anyone who wrote an access-restriction script knows all
 too well), this makes absolutely no sense.

 a much more rational approach to do the same thing would upload them in:

 {{{
 blog.dir/site_host[/base_dir]/path/file.ext
 }}}

 we could then use a simple rewrite rule to serve the files without even
 loading php, i.e.:

 {{{
 RewriteRule /files/ /wp-content/files/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
 }}}

 ... with the additional benefit of being able to add .htaccess files and
 the like in individual blog folders.

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