Best Practice for "img src=" - URL Vs. Filesystem?

[gwillr]

Just a general question for inserting images to a page:

which is better/what are the benefits and drawbacks to inserting images via each of the following ways?

Filesystem of my server:

<img src="frontimages/mailtop.gif">

OR is it better to use the URL to the image on the server:

<img src="

http://222.222.222.22/frontimages/mailtop.gif">

What is the best for performance? Security? -or does it not really make any difference whatsoever?

Thanks in advance for all of your responses.

Gary

 

[sedj]

It makes not difference really, both are interpreted as the same full URL request, and anybody knows that the *non-full-URL* type will come off your server anyway ...

 

[jwenting]

the main difference is that if you include the complete URL rather than a relative one you'll have a heck of a time if you ever move the code from one machine to another.
You'll have to rewrite all your html to use the different URLs of the new server.

 

[sedj]

jwenting :

<tongue-in-cheek>
Isn't that what "search and replace" is for ???!!!
</tongue-in-cheek>

 

[jwenting]

yes, but wouldn't you rather not have to touch the files at all?
Plus of course search and replace over multiple files, likely in multiple locations, is notoriously error-prone.
You ALWAYS forget at least one ;-)

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

>> search and replace over multiple files, likely in multiple locations, is notoriously error-prone.

The operation is only as error prone as the person behind the keyboard at the time.

Dan

 

[sedj]

haha !