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Wordpress: 5.0.3

CiviCRM: Upgraded from 4.7x to 5.9.0

Everything is working, but now I'm getting these status notices about portable path variables. From my status page:

To maximize portability, consider using a variable in each directory (eg "[cms.root]" or "[civicrm.files]").

It would be great if a list of existing path variables and what they currently point to were actually made available on the "Directory Paths" and "Resource URLs" admin pages. Anything I can do to reduce possible mistakes makes me less anxious about updating my existing paths to the new preferred method.

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List of available path variables with their current real-time paths:

[cms.root] --> /home/myusername/mysite.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/

[civicrm.files] --> /home/myusername/mysite.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/uploads/files/

[cms.other.path] --> /home/myusername/mysite.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/whatever/

Also tips on whether to add a slash when using something like:

Example temp file location: [cms.root]uploads/temp/

Is this in the works?

Cheers in advance.

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If you click the help icon in the help text at the top of the page, it shows you the current values.

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  • Thanks. This has opened another can of worms, so I've opened a separate SE CiviCRM question. I wonder if there is a minor bug.
    – Chris
    Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 20:45
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Can you make sure in Directories and Resource url settings you are using real-time paths rather hardcoded paths in all text fields on the form. eg [cms.root]uploads/temp/ and not using /home/myusername/mysite.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/

Some organisation define this settings in civicrm.settings.php if thats the case in yours than you will need to update your civicrm.settings.php file.

Note: After doing the change make sure everything is working fine specially cron job and online signup/registration forms.

HTH

Pradeep

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  • Thanks for you reply! Regardless of how the variables are achieved (default or in a settings file), if they're simply listed with their current (real-time) values somewhere in the admin page where they're needed, fewer mistakes will be made, right? Also, variables that are derived from a settings file could be noted as such.
    – Chris
    Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 18:01
  • Yes, And it will be less pain to update these paths when site is moved or migrated to different path/server as [cms.root] etc will be derived from your apache and civicrm.settings file.
    – Pradeep Nayak
    Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 18:15

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