#50507 [NEW]: Query String doesn't bring the value after #

From: m dot kathirav at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: Query String doesn't bring the value after # Description: ------------ Query String doesn't bring the value after #. The string after #(including #) are ignored Example: If I give an URL like: http://www.example.com/index.html#tab1 in the browser I am trying to make up a page with tabs in which the following should happen: If given http://www.example.com/index.html#tab1, this should enable the tab1 by default (while loading the page). I am handling this in PHP, JS if given http://www.example.com/index.html#tab2, this should enable the tab2 by default (while loading the page). I am handling this in PHP, JS in JS when I give window.location, it gives all the string after # too, but this is not happening in PHP Reproduce code: --------------- <?PHP //assuming browser has opened the url: http://www.example.com/index.html#tab1 echo $_SESSION[ 'QUERY_STRING' ]; ?> Expected result: ---------------- #tab1 Actual result: -------------- NULL value -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50507&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50507&r=mysqlcfg