create link in Joomla

Question

Hi everyone I have a component in joomla 2.5 that show a list of element. Now I want to view a particular item, how to create a link to past the id of this element and see the whole description I have this

<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_productos&view=especialidad8780&Itemid=1'); ?>" >este</>

but dont show me the Itemid=1

the browser take this router

index.php?option=com_productos&view=especialidad8780&lang=es

this the correct form to do a link in joomla?

thanks

Answer 1

David is right. The "itemId" is a reserved variable for menu item (to set the 'active' class on a clicked menu element). Try to switch to id, productid, ...

And you also have a little mistake in your link (closure a was missing):

<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_productos&view=especialidad8780&Itemid=1'); ?>" >este</a>

Answer 2

If you are trying to link to a particular item, you commonly use &id=1. Itemid is reserved for linking to menu items and would be added automatically as necessary by the JRoute call.