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Asked: 2026-06-13T02:48:42+00:00

I am trying to find a guide to explains how browsers format links that

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I am trying to find a guide to explains how browsers format “links” that are contained within href tags. For example:

What does the browser do with the following types of tags:

  • /attorneys
  • ?p=1&Name=A
  • attorneys

The reason I want the info is because I am currently formatting links in a very inefficient way, and would like to write my own script to handle this task. Everytime I create a script on my own, though, it misses the mark and some links inevitably dont work – so there must be some rules that I am missing.

Thanks for the help!
Neil

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  1. Editorial Team
    • /attorneys => replace the the path, only the host is unchanged
    • ?p=1&Name=A => replace the query string, the host and path are unchanged
    • attorneys => replace the filename, the host and path up to the last / are
      unchanged

    Most languages have a library that will do this for you, and that’s what you should use. In ruby for example it’s URI:

    new_url = URI.join(current_url, href).to_s
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