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Possible to force the file browser to return absolute URLs?

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    mwkdesign Reply #1, 12 years, 9 months ago
    I have a TV that is an image (input type: image / output type: text). Can I force the file browser to return an absolute URL when the user selects an image? I have looked at various system settings, and none seem to do the trick.

    My goal is to restrict the users of the file browser to /assets/resources. However, if I do this in the TV input options, the value returned is relative to /assets/resources, and the result is a broken image link.

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      Lucas Reply #2, 12 years, 9 months ago
      You could create a system setting called img_path containing [tt]assets/resources/[/tt] and then build your link like this:
      <img src="[[++site_url]][[++img_path]][[*imageTV]]" />


      Or to simplify your template markup, create a snippet img_path containing this code:
      <?php
$img_path = $modx->getOption('img_path');
$site_url = $modx->getOption('site_url');
return $site_url.$img_path.$input;

      and call it as an output filter:
      <img src="[[*imageTV:img_path]]" />

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        mwkdesign Reply #3, 12 years, 9 months ago
        Works perfectly! Thanks!!