cakephp-2.0 > HtmlHelper :: link()
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link

line:324 at /lib/Cake/View/Helper/HtmlHelper.php
Creates an HTML link.

Method

(string) public link ($title, $url = null, $options = array(), $confirmMessage = false)

Parameters

ParameterTypeCommentDefault
$title string required The content to be wrapped by <a> tags.
$url mixed optional Cake-relative URL or array of URL parameters, or external URL (starts with http://) null
$options array optional Array of HTML attributes. array()
$confirmMessage string optional JavaScript confirmation message. false

Return

string

Comment

Creates an HTML link.

If $url starts with "http://" this is treated as an external link. Else,
it is treated as a path to controller/action and parsed with the
HtmlHelper::url() method.

If the $url is empty, $title is used instead.

### Options

- `escape` Set to false to disable escaping of title and attributes.
- `confirm` JavaScript confirmation message.

@param string $title The content to be wrapped by <a> tags.
@param mixed $url Cake-relative URL or array of URL parameters, or external URL (starts with http://)
@param array $options Array of HTML attributes.
@param string $confirmMessage JavaScript confirmation message.
@return string An `<a />` element.
@link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/html.html#HtmlHelper::link