HTML: Relative Link without Parameters

Question

I have a page name index.php. It is in the folder name test. So if I call localhost/test I can see the page.

I have links in the page that pass parameters:

<a href="?id=1">Link1</a>
<a href="?id=2">Link2</a>

So the URL is localhost/test/?id=1

After that I want to link to the root page (index.php) but I don't want to use href="index.php". I want a link for root page without parameters. So when the user click the link, he/she can go to localhost/test again.

Is there any standard or something?

@MelanciaUK, Thanks but '/' returns the root website. for example localhost/test/folder/some/index.php returns "localhost" only. — Vahid, Sep 21 '14 at 10:19

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '15 at 18:26

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Try simply using a question mark:

<a href="?id=1">Link1</a>
<a href="?">Link without params</a>

answered Mar 02 '15 at 18:26

Jay Goettelmann

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

I allways solved this with PHP. In PHP I would have a string variable named '$APP_ROOT' and assign the path to index.php to it. Then you can use this variable to print/echo it in the HTML.

Example (not sure if syntaxt is ok):

<?php
$APP_ROOT = 'localhost/test';
?>

<a href="<?php echo $APP_ROOT . '?id=1'; ?>">Link1</a>
<a href="<?php echo $APP_ROOT . '?id=2'; ?>">Link2</a>

With a template engine this could be cleaner. The $APP_ROOT variable needs to be changed when you deploy it to the server.

BUT maybe even more easy is the HTML base tag. I dont know for sure if the base tag is good, I have never used it. Large amount of information is here: Is it recommended to use the <base> html tag?

Thanks for the solution but I need the HTML one. The "../test" solved the problem. Thank you. — Vahid, Oct 08 '14 at 09:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '15 at 08:11

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The "../test" solved my problem.

answered Aug 30 '15 at 08:11

Vahid

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HTML: Relative Link without Parameters

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