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Brian G
Brian G

Reputation: 55032

Drupal - use l or url function for mailto links

Does anyone know how to use the l() or url() function to create mailto links?

I am running drupal 6.

Upvotes: 13

Views: 14119

Answers (5)

mbomb007
mbomb007

Reputation: 4251

Drupal 9+ solution

Drupal core has this code in Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter\MailToFormatter:

      $elements[$delta] = [
        '#type' => 'link',
        '#title' => $item->value,
        '#url' => Url::fromUri('mailto:' . $item->value),
      ];

So you can create a render array like so:

[
  '#type' => 'link',
  '#title' => $email,
  '#url' => Url::fromUri('mailto:' . $email),
];

Or like this:

Link::fromTextAndUrl($email, Url::fromUri('mailto:' . $email))->toRenderable();

Upvotes: 2

tis
tis

Reputation: 15

In Drupal 9 I found no other solution than:

$this->t('<a href="@link">This is a mail link</a>', ['@link' => 'mailto:[email protected]']);

Upvotes: 0

zendka
zendka

Reputation: 1327

Preferably none:

l() is useful for the output of internal links:

it handles aliased paths and adds an 'active' class attribute to links that point to the current page (for theming)" see reference

You need none of the above. Same goes for url(). You CAN use them, but why not keeping it simple and just use the HTML anchor tag directly.

Upvotes: 0

anou
anou

Reputation: 260

A good practice is to use the t() function with strings. Code should be then:

l(t('Mail me'), 'mailto:[email protected]', array('absolute' => TRUE));

Upvotes: 2

googletorp
googletorp

Reputation: 33275

You need to use the absolute option:

l('Mail me', 'mailto:[email protected]', array('absolute' => TRUE));

will generate

<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Mail Me</a>

Upvotes: 37

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