Getting the URL of a node in Drupal 7

Question

Goal: To send an email with a list of URLs generated from nodes.

In my custom module I have managed to get the node id which the user wants and I now want to get the URL of each node to put into my email.

I searched the db and used google but I can't seem to find the right solution.

It seems we need to construct the URL something like this:

<?php
global $base_url;
$link=$base_url."// few more parameters

score 91 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 29 '16 at 17:06

91

You can use the url() function:

$options = array('absolute' => TRUE);
$nid = 1; // Node ID
$url = url('node/' . $nid, $options);

That will give you the absolute path (i.e. with http://example.com/ in front of it), with the URL aliased path to the node page.

edited Dec 29 '16 at 17:06

Cœur

answered Dec 24 '11 at 23:45

Clive

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 28 '11 at 22:34

15

You can also try drupal_lookup_path('alias',"node/".$node->nid).

edited Dec 28 '11 at 22:34

Laxman13

answered Dec 25 '11 at 13:43

scotself

3

Is there some problem with this method? This seem more useful, and less obvious, than the approved answer. – robomc Sep 04 '12 at 00:22
What if the node has no alias? also, this will return a relative path. – cambraca Oct 10 '14 at 14:29
Use in conjunction with $base_url global variable. – scotself Jul 27 '15 at 15:58
`drupal_lookup_path()` isn't always directly available, use `url()` instead. – William Turrell Aug 19 '19 at 19:07

Yuseferi · Answer 3 · 2021-08-10T14:07:38.467

7

Also you can get it by

$path=drupal_get_path_alias('node/'.$nid);

absolute path for nid

url('node/' . $node->id(), ["absolute" => TRUE]);

edited Aug 10 '21 at 14:07

answered Feb 17 '14 at 08:45

Yuseferi

What if the node has no alias? also, this will return a relative path. – cambraca Oct 10 '14 at 14:30
@cambraca yes it is return raw path something like `node/3` – Yuseferi May 17 '15 at 05:32

mattwith · Answer 4 · 2015-01-23T23:53:39.860

4

You can also use the l() function.

  l(t('Link text'), 'node/123', array('options' => array('absolute' => TRUE)));

edited Jan 23 '15 at 23:53

answered Aug 06 '14 at 05:50

mattwith

score -5 · Answer 5 · answered May 31 '13 at 20:08

-5

use

$node_url;

it will give you the current node url

answered May 31 '13 at 20:08

manish

1

You are not getting the question! please read the question carefully before answering – Akarsh Satija Dec 13 '13 at 08:20

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