Create an external URL using Yii CHtml::link correctly

Question

I am trying to create an external URL using the CHtml::link function but it always tries to create an internal link rather than an external link..

So rather than linking to google.com, it is linking to www.mysite.com/www.google.com

Any ideas (ps i know I could write this using standard HTML but i'd link to use the Yii engine as much as possible

How does you code look like? Maybe you have a typo :D – Ares Draguna Oct 23 '14 at 08:56 — Ares Draguna, Oct 23 '14 at 08:56

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '14 at 08:59

This is an example on CHTML link that I used on an image... It linkes the image with google onclick.

CHtml::link( CHtml::image(Yii::app()->request->baseUrl . '/images/android.png'),('www.google.com'), array('class'=>" "));

Hope it helps!
Keep on coding!
Ares.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 20 '19 at 00:34

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<?php echo CHtml::link('Text','http://www.example.com', array('class'=>''));?>

The HTTP protocol must have at the beginning of the domain.

answered Oct 20 '19 at 00:34

Gerardominic

You could also start the URL with `//`. This will leave the choice to the browser. – csabinho Oct 20 '19 at 00:56

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