extracting hash (anchor) value from URL

[Anon]

Just curious...

I have a url like:
http://www.test.com/index.html#TESTVALUE

I need to extract, the hash (anchor) value and put it into a variable. I see the parse_url function and the "fragment" index, but that function expects a url like the one above.

How do I grab a full URL like that above? REQUEST_URI DOES NOT return the anchor.

Any ideas?

Jim

[Anon]

The only way to get it is JavaScript !!! Everything in a URL after the # won't be sent to the server... So it's impossible ! Use something like http://www.test.com/index.html?what=testvalue

[Anon]

thank you.

Question, Why does the parse_url function have a spot for "fragement" then?

Jim