Render entity reference field with link in node template I have a content type with an entity reference field to select a user.
Now I would like to render this field in the node template so that the field links to the user profile.
I set the format of the field to "Label" in Manage Display and clicked on the gear so the label is linked to the reference entity.

But because I am printing the field programmatically it doesn't seem to work.

Here's what I do in my node template:

$field_user = field_get_items('field_collection_item', $item, 'field_user');
$field_user_output = field_view_value('field_collection_item', $item, 'field_user', $field_user[0]);
print render($field_user_output);


Does anyone know how to do this?
If the field is configured to display and available on the node, in node.tpl.php, you should be able to use:

print render($content['field_user']);