woocommerce/woocommerce

wp-content hardcoded instead of using WP_CONTENT_DIR

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#30,898 opened on Oct 7, 2021

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Description

/includes/class-wc-download-handler.php

is using hardcoded wp-content, which is wrong (and gives incorrect results when WP_CONTENT_DIR is not wp-content)

} elseif ( '/wp-content' === substr( $file_path, 0, 11 ) ) {

should be:
} elseif ( '/' . str_replace( ABSPATH, '', WP_CONTENT_DIR ) === substr( $file_path, 0, strlen( str_replace( ABSPATH, '', WP_CONTENT_DIR ) ) + 1 ) ) {

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The issue is in /includes/class wc download handler.php. The code uses a hardcoded string '/wp content' to check file paths, which fails when WP CONTENT DIR is different. The fix is to replace the conditional with one that uses the WP CONTENT DIR constant and ABSPATH to dynamically compute the relative path. The issue has an assignee, so check if a PR is already in progress. Review the file to understand the context and ensure the replacement handles all edge cases.
Tech stack
php
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backend
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2
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Knowledge of WordPress constantsPHP basicsFamiliarity with file paths
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