URL Replace Filter

Allows administrators to replace the base URL in <img> and <a> elements.

Users tend to create links and images in their content with absolute URLs. This can be a problem if the site moves to another domain (perhaps between development and production sites) or is behind a proxy, with a different address for authenticated users.

Some replacement examples:

Before: <a href="http://example.com:8080/somepath>Some link</a>
After: <a href="/somepath>Some link</a>

Before: <img src="http://dev.example.com/files/image.jpg" alt="Some image" />
After: <img src="/files/image.jpg" alt="Some image" />

You can setup such replacements in the URL Replace Filter settings as follow:

Original: http://example.com:8080/
Replacement: %baseurl/

Original: http://dev.example.com/
Replacement: %baseurl/

%baseurl is a token for your site's base URL. The above examples assume a site located in the domain's root directory (in which case %baseurl is actually empty).

Drupal versions

The module is available for Drupal 4.7, 5 and 6. In most cases, Drupal 7 and 8 have better alternatives.

See also

• Pathologic (in most cases a better option than URL Replace Filter)
• Pathfilter