Is the URL fragment identifier sent to the server? [duplicate]
Fragment identifiers are not sent to the server. The hash fragment is used by the browser to link to elements within the same page.
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Can I read the hash portion of the URL on my server-side application (PHP, Ruby, Python, etc.)?
Simple test, accessing http://localhost:8000/hello?foo=bar#this-is-not-sent-to-server python -c “import SimpleHTTPServer;SimpleHTTPServer.test()” Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 … localhost – – [02/Jun/2009 12:48:47] code 404, message File not found localhost – – [02/Jun/2009 12:48:47] “GET /hello?foo=bar HTTP/1.1” 404 – The server receives the request without the #appendage – anything after the hash tag is simply an anchor lookup … Read more