Album URL

Rain

What's the way to pull the URL to the album the visitor is currently viewing? I've tried it several ways and I can get it through printing the breadcrumb navigation, but I need to have a custom named link, not the gallery name. All the others ways I've tried just direct to the image page the visitor is already on..

Thanks.

sbillard

`getAlbumLinkURL()`

Rain

That's one of the ones I tried and it links to the page the visitor is currently on?
For example, if the visitor is on "http://example.com/zenphoto/album-name/image.jpg.html" then `getAlbumLinkURL()` links to the same url..

sbillard

Maybe you better describe more thoroughly what you are trying to do. That link will point you to the current album, which is what I thought you asked for.

Rain

Sure. Please go here for example: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/galleries/prince-of-persia/Prince_of_Persia-960.jpg.html

What I need is for that "view thumbnails" link to link to "http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/galleries/prince-of-persia/"
not "http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/galleries/prince-of-persia/Prince_of_Persia-960.jpg.html"

In other words, the album thumbnail index link is what I'm after.

sbillard

Well, `getAlbumLinkURL)` will get you the link to the album as you wish. This is the same function call that is used when you print the breadcrumbs.

Rain

But since it is not, what could be the problem?

sbillard

But it is working, since the breadcrumb is correct. So maybe you have not used it correctly. What is your code.

Rain

`">view thumbnails`

EDIT // Duh, I left out "print," should be `">view thumbnails`

Problem solved, thanks for the help.

sbillard

One more thing. The 'get' versions of the template functions all return 'raw' data. So you might want to `htmlspecialchars()` the result before placing it in a HREF. Otherwise special characters in your album names may cause difficulties.

Rain

Is this the correct way of doing that?
`<?php echo htmlspecialchars(print getAlbumLinkURL());?>`

EDIT: Nope, that didn't work properly, gotta lose the "print" in this case, correct?
`<?php echo htmlspecialchars(getAlbumLinkURL());?>`

acrylian

Right