[drupal-devel] [feature] URL rewrite hook

[Goba]

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http://drupal.org/node/29030
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 Project:      Drupal
 Version:      cvs
 Component:    base system
 Category:     feature requests
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  chx
 Reported by:  chx
 Updated by:   Goba
 Status:       patch (code needs review)

Why extend url() and why not the alias retrieval functions? BTW at that
time it was decided that a single function should be used
(conf_url_rewrite()) and not a hook, because of performance reasons. If
you provide the functionality this was, then conf_url_rewrite() gets
confusing, and even meaningless if you do it in the alias retrieval
functions themselfs.




Goba



Previous comments:
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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:39:12 +0000 : chx

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/url_rewrite.patch (1.35 KB)

I need a URL rewrite hook sometimes, here is an implementation, with
ample comments. I looked into arg() to see whether it needs a reset
parameter, and it does not, but it contained a minor bug, which is also
fixed.




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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:46:45 +0000 : chx

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/url_rewrite_0.patch (1.73 KB)

Performance boost.




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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:48:51 +0000 : Jose A Reyero

+1


This is really needed by i18n module, and maybe other modules could use
it to add some extra information in the query string.




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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:50:16 +0000 : killes at www.drop.org

this seems just an evil plot to cater for the evil hack that i18n.module
is. --




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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:57:23 +0000 : chx

killes, while I know you do not like the current implementation of i18n,
that module exists and even works. If you do not like the current
approach, you can always write a better one. And also, please note we
try to introduce non-i18n specific solutions this time.




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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:05:10 +0000 : killes at www.drop.org

"it works" has never been a consideration in Drupal development, don't
let us start to use it. I don't need an i18n module. Had I had the urge
to write one, it would have been based on walkah's excellent start to be
seen here:


http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/sandbox/walkah/translate_node/


I don't see anything non-i18n specific here. let us not pollute low
level functions such as url() with custom hacks.