Anchor issue with PHP

[nepzap2]

Dear All,

 

I wanted to know why the following syntax does not work when targeting an anchor

 

index.php?page=TechnologyTransferTest&section=BTI-TN5B1#ntro

 

Bu this one does

 

BTI-TN5B1.php#ntro

 

Can anyone help?

[phporcaffeine]

index.php?page=TechnologyTransferTest&section=BTI-TN5B1#ntro

In the above, #nitro is seen as part of a key/value in the GET namespace

 

BTI-TN5B1.php#ntro

In the above, #nitro isn't part of a key/value pair in the GET namespace and then is passed to the client to interpret, which most browsers would interpret as an anchor.

[nepzap2]

Thanks for the quick reply phpORcaffine,

 

Do you know of a way to resolve this issue?

 

Thanks.

[phporcaffeine]

So, I assume, what you're trying to do is target a specific spot on the page, while still passing the url variables?

 

The easiest way, admittedly, requiring some re-engineering on your part, would be to pass the values through POST instead of GET; then you'll free up the GET namespace for whatever you want.

[nepzap2]

Yes, that is correct.

 

I will try this approach and get back to this post with the answer. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

 

 

[nepzap2]

Would passing values using the POST method require using a form?

[Pikachu2000]

Yes. I think this is a browser-specific issue, however. Appending the # anchor to the end of the get parameters in the URL works just fine for me with Firefox.

[phporcaffeine]

Would passing values using the POST method require using a form?

 

Depends on what your trying to do; you can automate posts through cURL or fsock or AJAX ... etc