What kind of html link is this?

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What kind of HTML link is this? And how does it work?

I've researched in PHP, and it similar code, but href does not include file extension.

<a href="/directory/subdirectory/category?catID=2"> Link </a>

You maybe need to check this before posting question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4855168/what-is-href-and-why-is-it-used — Loki, Sep 20 '19 at 20:49
There is no extenstion because they are rewriting URLs: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4026021/remove-php-extension-with-htaccess — Abu Nooh, Sep 20 '19 at 20:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '19 at 20:53

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the domain will be the prefix for this link, after that it will be like it:

 www.example.com/directory/subdirectory/category?catID=2

and ?catID=2 is QueryString that transfer data in url.

answered Sep 20 '19 at 20:53

Mohammad Sadegh Foroughi

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This does not answer the OP's question about why there is no file extension at the end of the URL. – Skylar Sep 20 '19 at 21:04

code lover · Answer 2 · 2019-09-20T21:01:08.460

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The

?catID=2

at the end means ur passing information to the url.

means that ur going to pass on info.

catID=2

is saying that ur going to pass on catID with a value of 2.

so

<a href="/directory/subdirectory/category?catID=2"> Link </a>

means ur passing on catID with a value of 2 to link:

directory/subdirectory/category

edited Sep 20 '19 at 21:01

answered Sep 20 '19 at 20:53

code lover

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This does not answer the OP's question about why there is no file extension at the end of the URL. – Skylar Sep 20 '19 at 21:16

Skylar · Answer 3 · 2019-09-20T21:22:29.037

That URL sends you to the index (main) page of the /directory/subdirectory/category directory on the root of whatever website the link is on.

For example, on example.com, that link would send you to http://example.com/directory/subdirectory/category/index.html?catID=2. However, the /index.html will not show in the URL bar. The ?catID=2 is a query string. There is no extension because the server will automatically send the index.html file in the specified directory if there is no specific file requested. (Note: index.html is the default. Back-end scripts can change what file gets sent.)

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 23 '19 at 08:27

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Yes, links can be that way. It is a query to the directory on the site you're checking out.

www.example.com/directory/subdirectory/category?catID=2 Can become

<a href="/directory/subdirectory/category?catID=2"> Link </a>

on example.com

edited Sep 23 '19 at 08:27

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answered Sep 22 '19 at 06:36

Ali Victor

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score -1 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 23 '19 at 08:24

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This type of link shows that you are entering a particular directory in the root of the website. Let say you saw this link from a website called me.com then it means you have

me.com/directory/subdirectory/category?catID=2

However /directory/subdirectory/category?catID=2 is a query to the directory on that website.

edited Sep 23 '19 at 08:24

answered Sep 22 '19 at 02:56

Oluwafemi Precious Sanni

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What kind of html link is this?

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