[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38148: Do not store URL protocol in the database

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#38148: Do not store URL protocol in the database
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 Reporter:  aristath                             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  Formatting                           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close 2nd-opinion reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by aristath):

 @desrosj this ticket was created 3 years ago, at a time when people were
 starting to mass-migrate all their sites from http to https.
 The fact that we're storing the URL protocols in the db usually requires
 changing a lot of things and causes massive issues when a site changes its
 protocol. If on the other hand we were not storing http/https when saving
 a URL in the db, most of these issues would be a thing of the past.
 For example try switching an http site with a slightly complex theme and a
 dozen plugins to use SSL... Images are usually the first thing to go when
 loading a page on such a site 'cause the browser just blocks them since
 they're getting loaded using the http url. Or at least that was the case
 back then, I haven't checked in the past couple of years so maybe
 something has changed.

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