$_GET array empty when location hash is in the URL

Question

When I have a URL such as this:

http://website.com/?var=foo

Then the $_GET array looks like this:

Array
(
    [var] => foo
)

But when I have a URL such as this:

http://website.com/#location?var=foo

Then the $_GET array is empty:

Array
(
)

Is this normal behavior? If so, is there a workaround for this scenario?

I would imagine this is normal behaviour, the hash needs to be after the query. — Ryan Kempt, Jul 17 '13 at 04:02
possible duplicate of [Php to get value of hashtag from URL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3847870/php-to-get-value-of-hashtag-from-url) — Mihai Iorga, Jul 17 '13 at 04:03

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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This is correct way of url to get the $_GET values

http://website.com/?var=foo#location

The main problem is that the browser won't even send a request with a fragment part. The fragment part is resolved right there in the browser. So it's reachable through JavaScript.

You could parse a URL into bits, including the fragment part, using parse_url()

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Jul 17 '13 at 04:02

Yogesh Suthar

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He is asking how to get values after the hash, not how it should be, He's link is perfectly fine. – Mihai Iorga Jul 17 '13 at 04:03
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@MihaiIorga: His link isn't perfectly fine, if he wants some GET parameters to appear. – Oliver Charlesworth Jul 17 '13 at 04:04
No, he asked if the behavior is normal, witch is. – Mihai Iorga Jul 17 '13 at 04:05
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@MihaiIorga i know computers are very literal when interpreting things, but humans shouldn't be. – goat Jul 17 '13 at 04:05
@chris I don't think anyone who answered even read the question, all told him that is not a good link but he asked if the behavior is normal and what workarounds he has. – Mihai Iorga Jul 17 '13 at 04:11

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 17 '13 at 04:05

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The value after the hash (including the hash) is never sent to the server, so when you do

http://website.com/#location?var=foo

the server never sees #location?var=foo

Reorder the string so the query string appears before the hash. ?var=foo#location

answered Jul 17 '13 at 04:05

DevZer0

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 17 '13 at 04:03

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Put #location at last so your link became http://website.com/? var=foo#location

answered Jul 17 '13 at 04:03

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 17 '13 at 04:04

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This is not the general format of url.

#location is a fragment, it should follow the query string

http://website.com/?var=foo#location

answered Jul 17 '13 at 04:04

Vishnu Sureshkumar

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$_GET array empty when location hash is in the URL

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