Magento getProductUrl() is not returning the right url (random?)

Question

I am using Magento 1.5.0.1 and the getProductUrl() function used in the cross sell and up sell blocks on the product page is throwing up different URL formats.

Either the correct url like: /laptop-bag.html Or the wrong one (well it works, but of course its not the rewrite URL): /catalog/product/view/id/825/s/laptop-bag/category/16/

Sometimes both cross sell and up sell blocks return the correct URL, sometimes both use the longer version, and in some cases, one uses the correct and the other uses the long version??

Any ideas why this is happening?

I have already run a magento database repair, reindexed, and refreshes / flushed all caches.

Answer 1

Try $product->getUrlPath() instead of $product->getProductUrl()

UPDATE: As per below comment by @jordan314, Magento recommends to EE customers:

The url_path attribute is no longer used as of 1.13 but is still available for backward-compatibility, and Magento will not assign a value to it for new products, so it's not recommended to continue using it. Perhaps you could try using $product->getProductUrl() instead.