Link from a canvas page to a non canvas Page

In the past, I've done this by calling fb_scrub_urls() after the call to url() or l(). But your idea here is better!

I don't like the option name 'off_canvas'. It would have to start with 'fb_...' to clearly belong to the namespace of modules/fb. I'm thinking 'fb_url_no_alter' (in D7, it will be called url altering instead of url rewriting.

My one concern is passing a module-specific option through drupal's core url() and l() functions. Although I personally am in favor of this change, I pinged development@drupal.org about it and I hope to see comments before checking this in.

This should not affect other modules using the custom_url_alter() hook(s). AFAIK, url() itself doesn't care what options values are passed in, so as long as you aren't clobbering a core $options key, this should be fine.

Here's the patch I'm now considering. Introduces two $options...

if $options['fb_url_alter'] === FALSE, links will be out of canvas pages, to the main website. On canvas pages, this should only be used in conjunction with $options['absolute'] = TRUE.

if $options['fb_canvas'] == TRUE, links will be to canvas pages. That is, will generate an absolute url starting with http://apps.facebook.com/...

Changes checked in for next release.

Thanks guys.

Is in the latest release??? I dont see the option.

I really need the links on the Facebook App to link to my Drupal site.

It used to do this with 2.0 but now with 3 it doesnt.