Browser removing "#" on link open

Question

I currently set this link

<a target="_blank" href="http://alceawisteria.byethost7.com/PHP/0demo/2023-03-25-BoxNet/rolling.php#download?i=1"><font size="+9">(↓)</font></a>

However there are times when the "#download part is simply removed, why ?

But not always. Sometimes it leaves the "#download", other times it straight up removes it . Firefox, Chrome n Opera all have that phenomenon — repeekyraid cero, Apr 28 '23 at 04:13
PHP usually doesn't get the hash part of an URL (it's intra-browser) — Déjà vu, Apr 28 '23 at 04:14
It works sometimes tho... (mostly when I load the page the second time) — repeekyraid cero, Apr 28 '23 at 04:14
Depends on browser, see [Get fragment (value after hash '#') from a URL](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2317508/get-fragment-value-after-hash-from-a-url) — Déjà vu, Apr 28 '23 at 04:16
I do not want the fragment perse, I just need it to remain, as the final script in the page reacts to it... — repeekyraid cero, Apr 28 '23 at 04:22
Sometimes browser decides if # still remains on the url or not. If so, why not to use the hastag code so the link has a *fixed* # on the link. — Newbee, Apr 28 '23 at 04:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 28 '23 at 04:54

However there are times when the "#download part is simply removed, why ?

If you inspect the element of the HTML, you can find this:

...
<script type="text/javascript">
  if (location.href.indexOf("#download") != -1) {
    //alert("Hello! I am an alert box!!");
    document.getElementById('linky').click()

  }
</script>
...

That script runs: if #download exists, button #linky will be clicked.

...
<a id="linky"
  onclick="this.href='data:text/html;charset=UTF-8,'+encodeURIComponent(document.documentElement.outerHTML)"
  href="#" download="rollingyourpage.html" style="color:transparent">
  <font size="+5">Download</font>
</a>
...

When button #linky is clicked, page will redirect to base64 link format with String document.documentElement.outerHTML. Hope that helps.

Browser removing "#" on link open

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