Index: typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php
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--- typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php	(revision 5948)
+++ typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php	(working copy)
@@ -6120,6 +6120,19 @@
 									$LD = $this->lastTypoLinkLD;
 						}
 
+							//check absolute and https configuration
+						if ($conf['forceAbsoluteUrl']) {
+                                                        if (!strpos('http://',$this->lastTypoLinkUrl) && !strpos('https://',$this->lastTypoLinkUrl)) {
+                                                                //link is not absolute yet
+                                                                $this->lastTypoLinkUrl = t3lib_div::locationHeaderUrl($this->lastTypoLinkUrl);
+                                                        }
+                                                }
+                                                if ($conf['forceHttps']) {
+							//an absolute link is forced to https
+                                                        $this->lastTypoLinkUrl = str_replace('http://','https://', $this->lastTypoLinkUrl);
+                                                }
+
+
 							// Rendering the tag.
 						$finalTagParts['url']=$this->lastTypoLinkUrl;
 						$finalTagParts['targetParams']=$targetPart;