How to remove link to profile under title, when rendering a profile as block in the module Profile2

Question

I'm rendering a user customer profile in a form using the code:

$profile = profile2_load_by_user($account, 'customer');
$form['customer_profile'] = array(
    '#type' => 'item',
    '#markup' => render($profile->view('block')),
);

which works rather well, except that the title (in H2 tags) is rendered as a link back to the profile.

I want to get rid of that link, but as there seems to be no obvious property, to specify if you do or do not want a backlink. Not in the $build array parameter of hook_entity_view_alter, nor in the $elements parameter for a '#pre_render' callback. In a '#post_render' callback, it's too late because the link is already inserted into html.

So, how do I get rid of it?

Answer 1

This link is part of template file profile2.tpl.php defined as $title and it appear for non page display modes as described by the template code.

<?php if (!$page): ?>
<h2<?php print $title_attributes; ?>>
    <a href="<?php print $url; ?>"><?php print $title; ?></a>
</h2>
<?php endif; ?>

The short possible solution can be to unset title variable implementing hook_preprocess_profile2. But to remove whole markup you will have to overwrite theme registry implementing hook_theme_registry_alter(&$theme_registry) to replace template against profile2.

$theme_registry['profile2'] = array(
  'render element' => 'elements',
  'template' => 'profile2_custom',
  'path' => path_to_theme(),
);

Answer 2

Is it possible to get a more detailed explanation of your solution to this problem? I am having this exact problem. I would comment but I can not.