Get fragment (value after hash '#') from a

Question

How can I get the fragment (value after hash '#') from a URL in php?

Say from http://domain.com/site/gallery/1#photo45 I want photo45

Answer 1

You need to parse the url first, so it goes like this:

$url = "https://www.example.com/profile#picture";
$fragment = parse_url($url,PHP_URL_FRAGMENT); //this variable holds the value - 'picture'

If you need to parse the actual url of the current browser, you need to request to call the server.

$url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$fragment = parse_url($url,PHP_URL_FRAGMENT); //this variable holds the value - 'picture'

Answer 2

Getting the data after the hashmark in a query string is simple. Here is an example used for when a client accesses a glossary of terms from a book. It takes the name anchor delivered (#tesla), and delivers the client to that term and highlights the term and its description in blue so its easy to see.

A. setup your strings with a div id, so the name anchor goes where its supposed to and the javascript can change the text colors

<div id="tesla">Tesla</div>
<div id="tesla1">An energy company</div>

B. Use Javascript to do the heavy work, on the server side, inserted in your PHP page, or wherever..

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>

C. I am launching the java function automatically when the page is loaded.

<script>
$( document ).ready(function() {

D. get the anchor (#tesla) from the url received by the server

var myhash1 = $(location).attr('hash'); //myhash1 == #tesla

E. trim the hash sign off of it

myhash1 = myhash1.substr(1)  //myhash1 == tesla

F. I need to highlight the term and the description so i create a new var

var myhash2 = '1';
myhash2 = myhash1.concat(myhash2); //myhash2 == tesla1

G. Now I can manipulate the text color for the term and description

var elem = document.getElementById(myhash1);
elem.style.color = 'blue';
elem = document.getElementById(myhash2);
elem.style.color = 'blue';
});
</script>

H. This works. client clicks link on client side (xyz.com#tesla) and goes right to the term. the term and the description are highlighted in blue by javascript for quick reading .. all other entries left in black..

Answer 3

You can't get the text after the hash mark. It is not sent to the server in a request.

Answer 4

You could do a string replace on the client side then the server side. Not a particularly robust solution but if you wan't a quick solution like me it will suffice I think.

Client:

var tempString = stringVal.replace('#', 'hashtag');

Server:

$user_message = $_GET['userMessage'];
$user_message = str_replace("hashtag", "#", $user_message);

Answer 5

If you want to get the value after the hash mark or anchor as shown in a user's browser: This isn't possible with "standard" HTTP as this value is never sent to the server (hence it won't be available in $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] or similar predefined variables). You would need some sort of JavaScript magic on the client side, e.g. to include this value as a POST parameter.

If it's only about parsing a known URL from whatever source, the answer by mck89 is perfectly fine though.

Answer 6

A) already have url with #hash in PHP? Easy! Just parse it out !

if( strpos( $url, "#" ) === false ) echo "NO HASH !";
   else echo "HASH IS: #".explode( "#", $url )[1]; // arrays are indexed from 0

Or in "old" PHP you must pre-store the exploded to access the array:

$exploded_url = explode( "#", $url ); $exploded_url[1]; 

B) You want to get a #hash by sending a form to PHP?
    => Use some JavaScript MAGIC! (To pre-process the form)

var forms = document.getElementsByTagName('form'); //get all forms on the site
for(var i=0; i<forms.length;i++) forms[i].addEventListener('submit', //to each form...
function(){ //add a submit pre-processing function that will:
    var hidden = document.createElement("input");  //create an extra input element
    hidden.setAttribute('type','hidden'); //set it to hidden so it doesn't break view 
    hidden.setAttribute('name','fragment');  //set a name to get by it in PHP
    hidden.setAttribute('value',window.location.hash); //set a value of #HASH
    this.appendChild(hidden); //append it to the current form
});

Depending on your form's method attribute you get this hash in PHP by:
$_GET['fragment'] or $_POST['fragment']

Possible returns: 1. ""[empty string] (no hash) 2. whole hash INCLUDING the #[hash] sign (because we've used the window.location.hash in JavaScript which just works that way :) )

C) You want to get the #hash in PHP JUST from requested URL?

                                    YOU CAN'T !

...(not while considering regular HTTP requests)...

...Hope this helped :)