You might want to take a look at the Mage_Page_Block_Template_Links class. In this class, you can see the following method:
public function addLink($label, $url='', $title='', $prepare=false, $urlParams=array(),
$position=null, $liParams=null, $aParams=null, $beforeText='', $afterText='')
{
if (is_null($label) || false===$label) {
return $this;
}
$link = new Varien_Object(array(
'label' => $label,
'url' => ($prepare ? $this->getUrl($url, (is_array($urlParams) ? $urlParams : array())) : $url),
'title' => $title,
'li_params' => $this->_prepareParams($liParams),
'a_params' => $this->_prepareParams($aParams),
'before_text' => $beforeText,
'after_text' => $afterText,
));
$this->_links[$this->_getNewPosition($position)] = $link;
if (intval($position) > 0) {
ksort($this->_links);
}
return $this;
}
this is a function for adding a reference to the protected variable $ _link; later this link will be written by your foreach loop template.
You can get the value of this variable with:
public function getLinks()
{
return $this->_links;
}
for example, in a file; Page / Template / links.phtml
<?php $_links = $this->getLinks(); ?>
<?php if(count($_links)>0): ?>
<ul class="links"<?php if($this->getName()): ?> id="<?php echo $this->getName() ?>"<?php endif;?>>
<?php foreach($_links as $_link): ?>
<?php if ($_link instanceof Mage_Core_Block_Abstract):?>
<?php echo $_link->toHtml() ?>
<?php else: ?>
<li<?php if($_link->getIsFirst()||$_link->getIsLast()): ?> class="<?php if($_link->getIsFirst()): ?>first<?php endif; ?><?php if($_link->getIsLast()): ?> last<?php endif; ?>"<?php endif; ?> <?php echo $_link->getLiParams() ?>><?php echo $_link->getBeforeText() ?><a href="<?php echo $_link->getUrl() ?>" title="<?php echo $_link->getTitle() ?>" <?php echo $_link->getAParams() ?>><?php echo $_link->getLabel() ?></a><?php echo $_link->getAfterText() ?></li>
<?php endif;?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>
removeLinkByUrl addLink.