$_GET screwing up with page identifiers

PHP
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Simplistic example.

A header redirects to site.com/index.php#test?error=format

If I check for $_GET["error"] with that URL, it will not properly see the error $_GET there. If I remove #test, it will work. I need the page jumping though upon load though.

  1. Why is it like this?
  2. How can I jump to the part of the page WITHOUT JS (this is a JS-disabled scenario), and how can we also get $_GET to read right here.
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Hi there Ryan,

Nothing after the hash(known as the fragment) ever gets seen serverside. For PHP to handle it, the var would need to be before the hash. Without JS, I don’t see a resolution other than changing the order of the var and fragment.

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Derp…thanks.

Logically, to me, I thought I had to do #test?thing=thing. Not ?thing=thing#test. Appreciate the help.

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Rule is URL#FRAGMENT. GET variables are part of URL, for example:

_http://shop.example.com/index.php?category=computers

So, with this example, logically you have to go in the right category of the shop first and only then scroll to required part of the page:

_http://shop.example.com/index.php?category=computers#bestsellers

Does it make sense?

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Yes, with that example it makes sense. Thanks.

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