Question

I have a small problem. For some weird reason any attempt to change url via javascript, be it window.open, window.location, window.location.href, etc. doesnt move to the desired page, but adds it to end of the url. It doesnt even matter what IE version, from 6-8

E.g.

http://localhost/blabla/produkt/philips-fc-861501-animal-care/3639

ends in

http://localhost/blabla/produkt/philips-fc-861501-animal-care/added-by-javascript

I have no idea why this happens…

On this page

http://localhost/blabla/objednat-tovar?step=deal-detail

it works as intended.

Any help is appreciated…

EDIT:

Some code.

I am on

http://localhost/blabla/produkt/philips-fc-861501-animal-care/3639

// code
<a href="javascript:aaa(\'new_location\');" title="test">test</a>

function aaa(where) {
     window.location = where;
}

Ends in

http://localhost/blabla/produkt/philips-fc-861501-animal-care/new_location

Same thing happens with window.location.href, window.open and only in IEs

Answer 1

I’m guessing that the browser tries to parse the location as a URL and if it fails then, presumably, it does whatever it wants (IE seems to append the string to the current location). For example:

window.location = 'about:blank'; // OK, since it's a valid pseudo-url.
window.location = 'foo'; // No effect, since this isn't a URL.
window.location = 'http://example.com/'; // OK, browse to that page.
window.location = 'bar'; // Depends on what the browser wants to do...