Image transformations on multi language sites

[hiasl]

Description

Image transformations seem to have a problem on multilanguage sites. The source path of the image is not found on the first call wenn the img url is something like /en/cpresources/transforms/4?x=myZQ3ajZa

You will get the following exception:

HTTP 500 – Internal Server Error – yii\web\ServerErrorHttpException
No file exists at the given path.

If you manually remove the trailing /en and make /cpresources/transforms/4?x=myZQ3ajZa out of it, the image is going to resize and it will be saved correctly in its asset's file system path.

Additional information:

• The assets volume base url is /userfiles/photos (yes against recommendation)
• The assets volume file system path is userfiles/photos (yes against recommendation)
• The multi language site's own base url is '/en/
• The asset field, where the image is selected, has none of the advanced options set (Relate assets from a specific site?, Manage relations on a per-site basis).

Please note that the normal image usage works perfectly and also the rest of the multilanguage setup.

Steps to reproduce

1. Use a Craft 3 Multilanguage Installation
2. Prepare a working asset volume and place an image inside
3. Place an image in the volume
4. Select the image as asset in a entry
5. Place a code like this the entries template:
   <img src="{{ image.getUrl({width: min(1400,image.width), height: min(788, image.height)}) }}" />
6. Check the transformation URL (see description above)

Additional info

PHP version 7.1.6-1 ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Database driver & version MySQL 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Image driver & version Imagick 3.4.3, ImageMagick 6.8.9-9
Craft edition & version Craft Pro 3.0.0-beta.21
Yii version 2.0.12
Twig version 2.3.2
Guzzle version 6.2.1
Imagine version 0.7-dev

[brandonkelly]

The assets volume file system path is userfiles/photos (yes against recommendation)

That is your issue. If you are going to be loading Craft from different directories, you can’t use a relative path. (Hence the recommendation for an absolute path.)

[hiasl]

Can I refer do a DOCUMENT_ROOT or something like that?

I do not like the absolute path solution at all since this information is saved in the database and that makes transferring Craft from dev to prod and so on hard.

thanks

[andris-sevcenko]

You can use a config file to override Volume settings.

[hiasl]

Hey Andris, thanks a lot! that saved me :-)

[vasuhooda]

@hiasl @andris-sevcenko

Hey, I am facing the exact same problem, can you please tell me which volume settings did you change to fix the problem.

[andris-sevcenko]

@vasuhooda the problem was caused using relative paths and was solved by using absolute paths.

[vasuhooda]

@andris-sevcenko

Thanks, that solved my issue.

I created an alias for assets path in the config file, and then used that to define path in the control panel '@assetBasePath' => dirname(__DIR__).'/web/assets'

[andris-sevcenko]

Glad you got that sorted!