plugin_dir_url and plugins_url display absolute filepath within url

[ChrisWiegman]

When using plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) or plugins_url( __FILE__ ) in a plugin with PHP 5.2.17 the absolute filepath is included in the URL string. In both cases the functions include the absolute filepath before the plugin directory name and after ​http://host/wp-content/plugins.

for example in PHP 5.2
​http://mydomain.com/wp-content/plugins/my-plugin
would become
​http://mydomain.com/wp-content/plugins/home/fileowner/public_html/wp-content/plugins/my-plugin/

in PHP 5.3 plugin_dir_url works as it should but plugins_url still displays the absolute URL within.

All has been tested using PHP 5.2.17 and PHP 5.3.13 in MAMP Pro on OSX 10.7

Can't reproduce.

For your install, what are the values of WP_PLUGIN_DIR, ABSPATH, WP_CONTENT_DIR, __FILE__?

Here is what I've got from the point at which I'm trying to call the function:

WP_PLUGIN_DIR /Users/xxx/Dropbox/MAMP/Local Sites/wordpress/public_html/content/plugins
ABSPATH /Users/xxx/Dropbox/MAMP/Local Sites/wordpress/public_html/
WP_CONTENT_DIR /Users/xxx/Dropbox/MAMP/Local Sites/wordpress/public_html/content
__FILE__ /Users/xxx/Dropbox/MAMP/Local Sites/wordpress/public_html/content/plugins/better-wp-security/better-wp-security.php

plugins_url() takes two arguments: $path and $plugin. $plugin should be __FILE__. $path should be what path within the plugin's directory you want to generate a URL to.

Thanks. I was afraid it was something I was doing....