function FileUrlGenerator::doGenerateString
Creates an absolute web-accessible URL string.
Parameters
string $uri: The URI to a file for which we need an external URL, or the path to a shipped file.
bool $relative: Whether to return an relative or absolute URL.
Return value
string An absolute string containing a URL that may be used to access the file.
Throws
\Drupal\Core\File\Exception\InvalidStreamWrapperException If a stream wrapper could not be found to generate an external URL.
2 calls to FileUrlGenerator::doGenerateString()
- FileUrlGenerator::generateAbsoluteString in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ File/ FileUrlGenerator.php 
- Creates an absolute web-accessible URL string.
- FileUrlGenerator::generateString in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ File/ FileUrlGenerator.php 
- Creates a root-relative web-accessible URL string.
File
- 
              core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ File/ FileUrlGenerator.php, line 85 
Class
- FileUrlGenerator
- Default implementation for the file URL generator service.
Namespace
Drupal\Core\FileCode
protected function doGenerateString(string $uri, bool $relative) : string {
  // Allow the URI to be altered, e.g. to serve a file from a CDN or static
  // file server.
  $this->moduleHandler
    ->alter('file_url', $uri);
  $scheme = StreamWrapperManager::getScheme($uri);
  if (!$scheme) {
    $baseUrl = $relative ? base_path() : $this->requestStack
      ->getCurrentRequest()
      ->getSchemeAndHttpHost() . base_path();
    return $this->generatePath($baseUrl, $uri);
  }
  elseif ($scheme == 'http' || $scheme == 'https' || $scheme == 'data') {
    // Check for HTTP and data URI-encoded URLs so that we don't have to
    // implement getExternalUrl() for the HTTP and data schemes.
    return $relative ? $this->transformRelative($uri) : $uri;
  }
  elseif ($wrapper = $this->streamWrapperManager
    ->getViaUri($uri)) {
    // Attempt to return an external URL using the appropriate wrapper.
    $externalUrl = $wrapper->getExternalUrl();
    return $relative ? $this->transformRelative($externalUrl) : $externalUrl;
  }
  throw new InvalidStreamWrapperException();
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