function THEMENAME_l($text, $path, $options = array()) {
  global $language;
 
  // Merge in defaults.
  $options += array(
      'attributes' => array(),
      'html' => FALSE,
    );
 
  // Append active class.
  if (($path == $_GET['q'] || ($path == '<front>' && drupal_is_front_page())) &&
      (empty($options['language']) || $options['language']->language == $language->language)) {
    if (isset($options['attributes']['class'])) {
      $options['attributes']['class'] .= ' active';
    }
    else {
      $options['attributes']['class'] = 'active';
    }
  }
 
  // Remove all HTML and PHP tags from a tooltip. For best performance, we act only
  // if a quick strpos() pre-check gave a suspicion (because strip_tags() is expensive).
  if (isset($options['attributes']['title']) && strpos($options['attributes']['title'], '<') !== FALSE) {
    $options['attributes']['title'] = strip_tags($options['attributes']['title']);
  }
 
  // a small url tweak
    $url = check_url(url($path, $options));
    $url = base_path().(!empty($options['language'])?$options['language']->language:'').'/'.str_replace(base_path(),'',$url);
  // -------------------
 
  return '<a href="'. $url .'"'. drupal_attributes($options['attributes']) .'>'. ($options['html'] ? $text : check_plain($text)) .'</a>';
}