Index: imagecache.module
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--- imagecache.module	(revision 4)
+++ imagecache.module	(revision 71)
@@ -307,18 +307,21 @@
  * @param $bypass_browser_cache
  *   A Boolean indicating that the URL for the image should be distinct so that
  *   the visitors browser will not be able to use a previously cached version.
- *   This is
+ * @param $absolute
+ *   Whether to force the returned URL to be an absolute link (beginning with http:).
+ *   Default TRUE for backward compatibility  
  */
-function imagecache_create_url($presetname, $filepath, $bypass_browser_cache = FALSE) {
+function imagecache_create_url($presetname, $filepath, $bypass_browser_cache = FALSE, $absolute = TRUE) {
   $path = _imagecache_strip_file_directory($filepath);
   if (module_exists('transliteration')) {
     $path = transliteration_get($path);
   }
 
-  $args = array('absolute' => TRUE, 'query' => empty($bypass_browser_cache) ? NULL : time());
+  $args = array('absolute' => $absolute, 'query' => empty($bypass_browser_cache) ? NULL : time());
   switch (variable_get('file_downloads', FILE_DOWNLOADS_PUBLIC)) {
     case FILE_DOWNLOADS_PUBLIC:
-      return url($GLOBALS['base_url'] . '/' . file_directory_path() .'/imagecache/'. $presetname .'/'. $path, $args);
+      $base = $absolute ? $GLOBALS['base_url'] . '/' : '';
+      return url($base. file_directory_path() .'/imagecache/'. $presetname .'/'. $path, $args);
     case FILE_DOWNLOADS_PRIVATE:
       return url('system/files/imagecache/'. $presetname .'/'. $path, $args);
   }
@@ -820,10 +823,13 @@
  * @param $getsize
  *   If set to TRUE, the image's dimension are fetched and added as width/height
  *   attributes.
+ * @param $absolute
+ *   If set to TRUE, the image's path will be absolute (beginning with http:)
+ *   Default TRUE for backward compatibility 
  * @return
  *   HTML img element string.
  */
-function theme_imagecache($presetname, $path, $alt = '', $title = '', $attributes = NULL, $getsize = TRUE) {
+function theme_imagecache($presetname, $path, $alt = '', $title = '', $attributes = NULL, $getsize = TRUE, $absolute = TRUE) {
   // Check is_null() so people can intentionally pass an empty array of
   // to override the defaults completely.
   if (is_null($attributes)) {
@@ -835,7 +841,7 @@
   }
 
   $attributes = drupal_attributes($attributes);
-  $imagecache_url = imagecache_create_url($presetname, $path);
+  $imagecache_url = imagecache_create_url($presetname, $path, FALSE, $absolute);
   return '<img src="'. $imagecache_url .'" alt="'. check_plain($alt) .'" title="'. check_plain($title) .'" '. $attributes .' />';
 }