Get fragment (value after hash '#') from a URL in php

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ilija veselica picture ilija veselica · Feb 23, 2010 · Viewed 192.3k times · Source

How can i select the fragment after the '#' symbol in my URL using PHP?
The result that i want is "photo45".

This is an example URL:
http://example.com/site/gallery/1#photo45

Answer

sfussenegger picture sfussenegger · Feb 23, 2010

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.

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