By jpietrowiak on

If I create a block and add links to nodes using the node name such as node/1. When I click it it goes to that link and displays in title bar. However I have pathauto on so when I click from a primary link it goes to the aliased name. So how do I make the link so that it will change if the alias of the node changes and that the link actually uses the alias name instead?

I seen one post where someone mentioned using this. However I have no idea what this is used for or how to use it if this will work for me. print l(t('link text', "node/$nid");

Thanks for your help

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vm’s picture

vm commented

If using links, ala menus, why not use drupal's menu system? for these blocks? then if the alias changes your menus are updated with those changes.

creating a new menu, automagically creates a new block to be added to regions in administer -> blocks

grobemo’s picture

grobemo commented

You're on the right track: <?php print l('link text','node/123'); ?> will do what you want. It uses Drupal's l() function, which returns a formatted link, handles aliases, etc. Take a look at the Drupal API page for l() for details.

jpietrowiak’s picture

jpietrowiak commented

I want to assign a node to multiple menus for the site and as far as I can tell I can only do one. So thats part of it as well as putting links within my content to a node. My question in using l($text, $path, $options = array()) is how and where do I put my link is it something link this? l(My URL link, node/1, $options = array()) or do I have to put that entire code that is in the API link you posted?

Thanks