Hello.

We noticed that after updating to 2.8, the initial "/" in the path of the image extra field is not added automatically anymore after selecting an image file in the file manager popup as in previous versions.

Is this a bug? Any way to fix?

This is a rambling reply...
I am using J 3.7.5 and K2 2.8 with php7
When i add a picture to and extra fields with type of image and save it
images/jones.jpg
is what is saved using the select image link and it is stored in the table as
{"id":"18","value":"images\/jones.jpg"},
It displays correctly in the front end.
When i add a /
/images/jones.jpg
into the extra field manually and save it, the beginning / is saved and the front end continues to display correctly after refresh and it is stored in the table as
{"id":"18","value":"\/images\/jones.jpg"}

In other words my test seems to work both ways without error and there must be code either adding or stripping a / because if i manually put // at the beginning the image does not diaplay and the name or alias is displayed where the picture was.

IS your site working or are you getting an error.

No errors just a bad path in the img src. If I manually add the "/" it works fine.

Hello,

Is there a link to your site available?

Hello, Krikor.

It's a development site, it's offline.

Path in the Image extra field box looks like this: images/gmap1.png

Output is like this:

<img src="/~clwimages/gmap1.png" alt="My image">

Correct output should be:

<img src="/~clw/images/gmap1.png" alt="My image">


We've tested on another development site with the same result, but I just checked on a site with a real domain and eventhough the k2 extra field doesn't add the "/" the image path is fine and the image gets displayed.

These slashes are probably being added by Joomla! itself.
Once you move into production you won't have an issue.

same issue am facing reupdate "\" path

I found this is only an issue on dev URLs like http://123.456.789/~whatever. On a real domain it's not an issue.

Joomla! can produce minor issues in these environment, nothing major or critical though.

Same problem here.

Live website, some places dont display the image extrafield properly.

The error appeared after the update to Joomla 3.8.1 and K2 2.8.

Example here: www.cafecomfilme.com.br/filmes/duro-de-matar

Before, K2 extrafield image inserted the slash automatically in front of the path, right now it doesnt.

I dont know what has changed, but some areas are getting the wrong URL like:
www.cafecomfilme.com.brimages/capa/1017/streetfighteraultimabatalha600.jpg

Instead of:
www.cafecomfilme.com.br/images/capa/1017/streetfighteraultimabatalha600.jpg

Any hint to solve that?

Thanks in advance!