In fact, it seems to start both from the current page path.
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Its a subtle one which is only relevant if multiple search paths exist (like for executables, see
$PATH).For example, you can start a local executable with
./filename, but not withfilename, as the latter makes (most?) shells search in the paths specified by$PATHand not the current working directory.In a context of URLs, there is no real difference. One should note though, that relative paths are a common attack vector on web applications (escaping the DocumentRoot using ../).