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In Form API when creating a link, the output a-anchor will have a prefix of "en/" in front of whatever I set as the href value and if href is set to "#" it will be output with the language prefix and # is escaped and becomes a code something like "en/%23"

this is the code:

$element['add_address'] = array(
            '#type' => 'link',
            '#title' => t('Add new address'),
            '#href' => '#',
        );

I need that link to not have a href destination value, as it's supposed to react to javascript only. I know I could do a preventDefault() or any of the same resulting bypasses with JS, but I'm curious how to make a empty anchor with the form API.

Thanks,

Alari

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    Does this answer your question? How to create an EMPTY anchor-only link with l()?
    – leymannx
    Commented Mar 7, 2020 at 8:13
  • No, but Clive's comment under one of the answers did in May 2017, unfortunately it was never posted as an answer.
    – Alari Truuts
    Commented Mar 8, 2020 at 14:00
  • Could you then maybe post it as an answer and accept it to help future readers to find the right solution for sure?
    – leymannx
    Commented Mar 8, 2020 at 14:48

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Not sure if this will work, give this a try

'#href' => '&num',  OR  '#href' =>'&#x00023', OR '#href' => '&#35',
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  • 'twill not, the # representing numbers and & will also be escaped. Drupal doesn't have a method for adding an empty fragment believe it or not. There are a couple of hacks, I'll see if I can dig one up
    – Clive ♦
    Commented May 17, 2016 at 9:44
  • @Clive I had a similar problem with Twig Twig: How to print special symbols, such as Copyright, Trademark, etc thought the character code solution there may work here. I guess after thinking it over, you're right.
    – No Sssweat
    Commented May 17, 2016 at 9:51
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    I think this is the canonical post @AlariTruuts: drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/51596/…
    – Clive ♦
    Commented May 17, 2016 at 10:01
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    Errrrr...try '#href' => '', '#options' => array('fragment' => ' ', 'external' => TRUE) in the render array
    – Clive ♦
    Commented May 17, 2016 at 10:23
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    @Clive: You're a very smart person :)! the solution works, mind if you mark it as an answer, so I can accept? it puts the href out as "# " with the following space, curious as to why that is, but works perfectly! Thanks!
    – Alari Truuts
    Commented May 17, 2016 at 20:09
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I would try this to create a link:


  l(t('My Anchor Link'), '', array(
     'fragment' => ' ',        // use a space here
     'external' => TRUE,      // this will solve your problem
     'attributes' => array(
        'title' => 'Title description'
   )
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  • It would be helpful to use the same render array, which should be possible by including that array as the #options element.
    – mradcliffe
    Commented Jan 27, 2019 at 5:04
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As per Clive (https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/2800/clive) answer in the comments:

'#href' => '', '#options' => array('fragment' => ' ', 'external' => TRUE)

in the render array solves the issue and removes the pre-processing with the language prefixes.

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