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Wikipedia link format ?
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:48 pm
by conradk
Hey,
DOes anybody know why HTML generated by wikipedia creates links like;
[syntax=xhtml]<a href="//es.wikipedia.org/">Link name</a>[/syntax]
What is the doubleslash before the URL all about ?
Thanks for any help you can offer
Best regards,
CK
Re: Wikipedia link format ?
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:23 pm
by jacek
Might be a typo
I have seen this before though.
Re: Wikipedia link format ?
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:10 pm
by conradk
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
Re: Wikipedia link format ?
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:12 pm
by libeco
I believe this can be used when you don't care whether http or https is used.
Re: Wikipedia link format ?
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:27 pm
by jacek
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
Re: Wikipedia link format ?
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:10 pm
by FrederickGeek8
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.