[TYPO3-mvc] link.external : how about adding 'http://' ?

[Franz Koch]

Hi,

> Currently, if the link.external viewhelper is passed "www.google.com" as the
> uri, then the link is rendered as<a href="
> http://mytypo3site.com/www.google.com">...</a>.  Because this is an external
> link, this is obviously not correct right?
>
> What would you all think about appending "http://" to the link in this
> viewhelper when there is no other protocol present?
>
> I realize the link-setter popup in the backend probably adds http:// for
> you, but in my case I'm taking a value from typoscript, so no Javascript
> helpers to add this..

although just a workaround, you could use the link.page viewHelper which 
passes the given string through typolink and everything should be fine 
again :)

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kind regards,
Franz Koch