drupal_get_path_alias gives a wrong alias for user profiles [#2607902]

I've found a bug on Pathauto for Drupal7

How to reproduce:

1. Created an extra field "full_name" on the user profile (Configuration >> People >> Account settings >> Manage fields)
2. I installed pathauto and created an alias pattern for all user's profiles with the token of the "full name" field:
u/[user:field_full_name]
3. On template I try to get the link to the profile using
$user_link = drupal_get_path_alias('user/' . $node->uid);

The link saved on $user_link leads to a 404 and it's like:
users/username
intead of:
u/sergio-garcia-fernandez

Any suggestion on where to check for this problem?

Comments

Comment #1

4 November 2015 at 05:13

cubeinspire created an issue. See original summary.

Comment #2

manish.upadhyay CreditAttribution: manish.upadhyay as a volunteer commented 22 February 2016 at 10:33

You have to update all path alias for existing users because they have old path alias that is why it leads to 404 page and you got the wrong url using this function.

Comment #3

manish.upadhyay CreditAttribution: manish.upadhyay as a volunteer commented 22 February 2016 at 10:37

Status:

Active

» Needs review

Comment #4

SenthilMohith CreditAttribution: SenthilMohith as a volunteer and at Innoppl Technologies Pvt. Ltd commented 27 February 2016 at 09:36

Status:

Needs review

» Fixed

Hi cubeinspire,

You must delete the old alias for all the existing users path then update the new alias via bulk update (http://example.com/admin/config/search/path/update_bulk). After, you will get a new url like u/sergio-garcia-fernandez.