Get raw and relative path of a file uri

Question

I have a file with an uri and I want to get its raw and relative path.

Uri: public://videos/Test Video.mp4 Path: /sites/default/files/videos/Test Video.mp4

I found already a way to do this:

$file_uri = $file->getFileUri();
// public://videos/Test Video.mp4

$absolute_url = file_create_url($file_uri);
// https://www.example.com/sites/default/files/videos/Test%20Video.mp4

$relative_url = file_url_transform_relative($absolute_url);
// /sites/default/files/videos/Test%20Video.mp4

$relative_raw_url = rawurldecode($relative_url);
// /sites/default/files/videos/Test Video.mp4

Is this the Drupal-way? Or is there a better solution for doing this?

Answer 1

I had to do this recently and found this solution using Drupal 9.1.

$file = File::load($fid);

$relative_file_url = $file->createFileUrl(TRUE);
$absolute_file_url = $file->createFileUrl(FALSE);

I found the createFileUrl() function in web/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php. Maybe this would be considered "the way?"

Answer 2

The "Drupal way" is always a fuzzy term because there's usually more than one answer that works.

Anyway, if you're looking for something less verbose, it would help to look at the File object and it's url() method. That saves you some steps and might save you some work down the road if the old D7 file module API functions get slated for depreciation (like file_load has).

Lastly, it always helps to use native PHP functions when you can since they make things more portable. To wit, parse_url() allows you to slice/dice URLs to the components you want.

Putting it all together, rawurldecode(parse_url($file->url(), PHP_URL_PATH)) pulls all your function call together for one result.

Answer 3

$relative_file_url =  \Drupal::service('file_url_generator')
    ->generateAbsoluteString($uri);