function get_s3_url_prefix($region = '', $expires = null)
{
$prefix = 's3';
if ('' !== $region) {
$delimiter = '-';
if ('eu-central-1' == $region && !is_null($expires)) {
// if we are creating a secure URL for a Frankfurt base file use the alternative delimiter
// http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#s3_region
$delimiter = '.';
}
$prefix .= $delimiter . $region;
}
return $prefix;
}