diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1746f5b77..f4ad09f08 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #3412862 [relation] Relations/constraints are dropped/created on every change
 - bug #3390832 [display] Delete records from last page breaks search
 - bug #3392150 [schema] PMA_User_Schema::processUserChoice() is broken
+- bug #3414744 [core] External link fails in 3.4.5
 
 3.4.5.0 (2011-09-14)
 - bug #3375325 [interface] Page list in navigation frame looks odd
diff --git a/libraries/core.lib.php b/libraries/core.lib.php
index 80c1f1204..9166dc490 100644
--- a/libraries/core.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/core.lib.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function PMA_getPHPDocLink($target) {
     /* l10n: Language to use for PHP documentation, please use only languages which do exist in official documentation. */
     $lang = _pgettext('PHP documentation language', 'en');
 
-    return 'http://php.net/manual/' . $lang . '/' . $target;
+    return PMA_linkURL('http://php.net/manual/' . $lang . '/' . $target);
 }
 
 /**