TYPO3 Core

I can confirm this in current 9.5.7. Also ckeditor and contentelement links are not prefixed.

I confirm for 9.5.11 and latest master,

It seems that config.absRefPrefix is not considered on

1) TypoScript links built with typolink function
2) HMENU TypoScript objects
3) Links in CKEditor
4) Header of content elements (linked)

It is considered on

1) IMAGE TypoScript objects
2) includeJS and includeCSS objects

Can confirm in typo3 v9.5.16 too.
Any news about this?

Same in 10.4.5

Can confirm this for 10.4.12.
Any news?

You can use `(NO/ACT/...).stdWrap.typolink.forceAbsoluteUrl`.

I think `config.absRefPrefix` should be deprecated since it doesn't make any sense any more with site config. `typolink.forceAbsoluteUrl` is able to replace it where needed.

Jonas Eberle wrote in #note-8:

You can use `(NO/ACT/...).stdWrap.typolink.forceAbsoluteUrl`.

I think `config.absRefPrefix` should be deprecated since it doesn't make any sense any more with site config. `typolink.forceAbsoluteUrl` is able to replace it where needed.

How to enable the absolute url for ckeditor links like <a href="t3://page?uid=123">Link</a> ?
We use page links in the powermail body ckeditor fields. Without the absolute path, the link is not working in a email.

config.absRefPrefix is still not working in TYPO3 10.4.13.

Just found this comment from benni mack: https://forge.typo3.org/issues/93039#note-1

For ckeditor typolinks this config make every link absolute:

lib.parseFunc_RTE.tags.a.typolink {
  forceAbsoluteUrl = 1
  forceAbsoluteUrl.scheme = https
}

In fluid links there is the absolute attribute.

We have also this issue. We export the HTML for Newsletter Mails. So it's necessary that all links of the page are absolute.

Current Middleware Workaround in TYPO3 v10:

<?php

namespace Clickstorm\CsNewsletterExport\Middleware;

use Psr\Http\Client\ClientInterface;
use Psr\Http\Message\RequestFactoryInterface;
use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface;
use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
use Psr\Http\Server\MiddlewareInterface;
use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\NullResponse;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\RequestFactory;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\ResponseFactory;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\Stream;
use TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\Controller\TypoScriptFrontendController;

/**
 * prefix all links and src with $GLOBALS['TSFE']->absRefPrefix
 *
 * Class GenerateAbsoluteLinksMiddleware
 * @package Clickstorm\CsNewsletterExport\Middleware
 */
class GenerateAbsoluteLinksMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
{
    /** @var ResponseFactory */
    private $responseFactory;
    /** @var RequestFactory */
    private $requestFactory;
    /** @var ClientInterface */
    private $client;

    public function __construct(
        ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory,
        RequestFactoryInterface $requestFactory,
        ClientInterface $client
    ) {
        $this->responseFactory = $responseFactory;
        $this->requestFactory = $requestFactory;
        $this->client = $client;
    }

    public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler): ResponseInterface
    {

        $response = $handler->handle($request);
        if (
            !($response instanceof NullResponse)
            && $GLOBALS['TSFE'] instanceof TypoScriptFrontendController
            && $GLOBALS['TSFE']->absRefPrefix 
            && $GLOBALS['TSFE']-> !== '/'
            && $GLOBALS['TSFE']-> !== 'auto'
        ) {
            $body = $response->getBody();
            $body->rewind();
            $contents = $response->getBody()->getContents();
            $content = $this->parseRelativeToAbsoluteUrls($contents);
            $body = new Stream('php://temp', 'rw');
            $body->write($content);
            $response = $response->withBody($body);
        }

        return $response;
    }

    protected function parseRelativeToAbsoluteUrls(string $input = ''): string
    {
        // https://thydzik.com/convert-relative-links-to-absolute-links-with-php-regex/
        $prefix = $GLOBALS['TSFE']->absRefPrefix;

        return preg_replace('/((?:href|src) *= *[\'"])(\/)/i', "$1$prefix", $input);
    }
}

I agree since site configuration exists, „absRefPrefix“ is not necessary any longer. But when it gets deprecated or removed, a new configuration option should be introduced to globally enable creation of absolute links, based on site configuration!

Patch set 2 for branch main of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/c/Packages/TYPO3.CMS/+/76463

Patch set 3 for branch main of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/c/Packages/TYPO3.CMS/+/76463