i was wondering if there’s any way to print inside a postLink element

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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T22:42:12+00:00 2026-06-11T22:42:12+00:00

i was wondering if there’s any way to print ” ” inside a postLink element using CakePHP.

I want to get something like this:

<a href="#">&nbsp;</a>

And trying this:

'.$this->Form->postLink(nl2br("&nbsp;"), array('action'=> 'xxxx')).'

I get this instead:

<a href="#">&amp;nbsp;</a>

Which prints me inside the link instead of printing a white space.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-11T22:42:13+00:00

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Since postLink() is nothing else than a special wrapper for link() there should also be escape

$this->Form->postLink(nl2br('&nbsp;'), array('action' => 'xxxx'), array('escape' => false));

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