4 files changed, 24 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/engine/js/lib/ajax.js b/engine/js/lib/ajax.js
index bce0d31d3..184fd0da3 100644
--- a/engine/js/lib/ajax.js
+++ b/engine/js/lib/ajax.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ elgg.provide('elgg.ajax');
 elgg.ajax = function(url, options) {
 	options = elgg.ajax.handleOptions(url, options);
 	
-	options.url = elgg.extendUrl(options.url);
+	options.url = elgg.normalize_url(options.url);
 	return $.ajax(options);
 };
 /**
diff --git a/engine/js/lib/elgglib.js b/engine/js/lib/elgglib.js
index a91def2b9..32dbb1ec3 100644
--- a/engine/js/lib/elgglib.js
+++ b/engine/js/lib/elgglib.js
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ elgg.require = function(pkg) {
  * elgg.package = elgg.package || {};
  * elgg.package.subpackage = elgg.package.subpackage || {};
  * </pre>
+ * 
+ * @example elgg.provide('elgg.config.translations')
+ * 
+ * @param {string} pkg The package name.
  */
 elgg.provide = function(pkg) {
 	elgg.assertTypeOf('string', pkg);
@@ -105,13 +109,15 @@ elgg.inherit = function(Child, Parent) {
  * @return {String} The extended url
  * @private
  */
-elgg.extendUrl = function(url) {
+elgg.normalize_url = function(url) {
 	url = url || '';
-	if(url.indexOf(elgg.config.wwwroot) == -1) {
-		url = elgg.config.wwwroot + url;
+	elgg.assertTypeOf('string', url);
+	
+	if(/(^(https?:)?\/\/)/.test(url)) {
+		return url;
 	}
 	
-	return url;
+	return elgg.config.wwwroot + url;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -177,5 +183,5 @@ elgg.register_error = function(errors, delay) {
  * @param {String} url The url to forward to
  */
 elgg.forward = function(url) {
-	location.href = elgg.extendUrl(url);
+	location.href = elgg.normalize_url(url);
 };
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diff --git a/engine/js/tests/ElggLibTest.js b/engine/js/tests/ElggLibTest.js
index ed4db24e1..035b60325 100644
--- a/engine/js/tests/ElggLibTest.js
+++ b/engine/js/tests/ElggLibTest.js
@@ -73,12 +73,16 @@ ElggLibTest.prototype.testInherit = function() {
 };
 
 ElggLibTest.prototype.testExtendUrl = function() {
-	var url;
-	elgg.config.wwwroot = "http://www.elgg.org/";
+	elgg.config.wwwroot = "http://elgg.org/";
 	
-	url = '';
-	assertEquals(elgg.config.wwwroot, elgg.extendUrl(url));
-	
-	url = 'pg/test';
-	assertEquals('http://www.elgg.org/pg/test', elgg.extendUrl(url));
+	var inputs = [
+	    [elgg.config.wwwroot, ''],
+	    [elgg.config.wwwroot + 'pg/test', 'pg/test'],
+	    ['http://google.com', 'http://google.com'],
+	    ['//example.com', '//example.com'],
+	];
+
+	for (var i in inputs) {
+		assertEquals(inputs[i][0], elgg.normalize_url(inputs[i][1]));
+	}
 };
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diff --git a/engine/lib/entities.php b/engine/lib/entities.php
index 915939922..1c8db655b 100644
--- a/engine/lib/entities.php
+++ b/engine/lib/entities.php
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ function entity_row_to_elggstar($row) {
 	}
 
 	if (!$new_entity) {
+		//@todo Make this into a function
 		switch ($row->type) {
 			case 'object' :
 				$new_entity = new ElggObject($row);