HREF automatically adds to current page URL in PHP Can t figure it out

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Longtime reader of stackoverflow but first question   I m working with Wordpress  specifically thesis theme  in the custom functions php file and am finding for some reason  is automatically adding the current page url  For example this code is to query the database and then loop through outputting each product in it s own div    result   db connection  query   while   row   mysql fetch array  result       gt       lt div class  box  gt  lt a href    gt           lt img src  http   www electricbikehub co nz lt  php echo  row  product root directory              row  mid size image     gt   gt           lt h2 gt  lt  php echo  row  name    gt  lt  h2 gt           lt p gt  lt  php echo  row  description brief     gt  lt  p gt           lt p gt  lt span class  multiple product red  gt  lt span class  multiple product linethrough  gt RRP   lt  php echo  row  list price      gt   lt  span gt  Our discounted price   lt  php echo  row  our price      gt   Includes delivery and GST  lt  span gt  lt  p gt           lt  a gt       lt  div gt   lt  php     gt    As you can see 3rd line says href    but the actual link being generated is the current page  in this case  http   www electricbikehub co nz  page id 1192    If I add anything in the href  such as href  something  it will just add it to the end  ie http   www electricbikehub co nz  page id 1192something   Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Use this    lt a href   lt  php echo    SERVER  HTTPS      https        http        SERVER  SERVER NAME     SERVER  REQUEST URI       gt   gt Whatever lt  a gt    It will create a HREF using the current URL

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You do realize this is the default behavior  right  if you add  something the results would be different   you can do a number of things to prevent default behavior   href       Will do nothing but anchor - not the best solution since it may jump to page top    lt a href     gt    href  javascript void 0     Will do nothing at all and is perfectly legit    lt a href  javascript void 0    gt  lt  a gt    href  your-actual-intended-link   Best   obviously the best    lt a href   lt your-actual-intended-link gt   gt  lt  a gt      If you don t want an a tag to go somewhere  why use an a tag at all

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A solution that works no matter if you are developing on a local server or live is to  add      in front of your link  This will effectivly remove the URL of the site you are currently on   Example    lt a href  www google com  gt Google com lt  a gt    This will in output http   localhost mySite currentPage www google com  What you should do instead is this    lt a href    www google com  gt Google com lt  a gt    This will output www google com

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In any case  your code will generate invalid markup  You shouldn t wrap block contents in a link   tags don t work like this  If you want this effect you should use js or create an absolutely positioned link above the content  z-index   More on this here  Make a div into a link    You should make sure to validate your code when it renders  http   validator w3 org

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if you want to redirect it to some other url lets google com then make your like as      happy to help other says rikin  lt a href    google com  gt happy to help other says rikin lt  a gt   this will remove self site url form the href

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You can just put    in front of  yourUrl in href     lt a href     lt    yourUrl  gt   gt  lt  a gt

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This is how a browser interprets and empty href  It assumes you want to link back to the page that you are on  This is the same as if you dont assign an action to a  lt form gt  element   If you add any word in the href it will append it to the current page unless you    Add a slash   to the front of it telling it to append it to your base url e g  http   www whatever com something add a   sign in which case it is an in-page anchor or a valid URL   EDIT  It was suggested that I add a link to help clarify the situation  I found the following site that I think does a really good job explaining the href attribute of anchor tags and how it interprets URL paths  It is not incredibly technical and very human-readable  It uses lots of examples to illustrate the differences between the path types  http   www mediacollege com internet html hyperlinks html

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Add http    in front of url  Incorrect   lt a href  www example com  gt www example com lt  span gt  lt  p gt    Correct   lt a href  http   www example com  gt www example com lt  span gt  lt  p gt

[php] HREF="" automatically adds to current page URL (in PHP). Can't figure it out

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