Wikipedia link format ?

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conradk
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Wikipedia link format ?

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Hey,
DOes anybody know why HTML generated by wikipedia creates links like;
<a href="//es.wikipedia.org/">Link name</a>
What is the doubleslash before the URL all about ?

Thanks for any help you can offer :P

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Might be a typo ;) I have seen this before though.
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conradk
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Well, Twitter uses it too.

And PHP doesn't think this is a valid URL when using the FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, which is kind of idiotic IMO.

Anyways, thanks for answering :)
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I believe this can be used when you don't care whether http or https is used.
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libeco wrote:I believe this can be used when you don't care whether http or https is used.
That makes sense, but surly just / would do the same thing :?
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jacek wrote:
libeco wrote:I believe this can be used when you don't care whether http or https is used.
That makes sense, but surly just / would do the same thing :?
I would if it is on the same server

// is used when you don't care whether it uses https or http. It defaults to what protocol you are currently using.
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