inner page links don't work in php pages?

[Dot*Star]

hi guys,

in html, for a link on the same page,

i use an anchor <a name="whatever"></a>

and to arrive at that, just use #whatever appended to the page url, or alone
if fired from the same page.

note that it doesn't seem to work on php pages. my php page is mostly just
html with a php tag at top to setcookie and prevent a video from repeating.

anyway, if I send a link to a friend,
http://whateversite.com/index.php#whatever, it just opens the page
disregarding the #whatever.

(oops. IE8 does read the anchor. FF & OPERA, NO)

any comments appreciated..

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[rf]

hi guys,

in html, for a link on the same page,

i use an anchor <a name="whatever"></a>

and to arrive at that, just use #whatever appended to the page url, or
alone if fired from the same page.

note that it doesn't seem to work on php pages. my php page is mostly
just html with a php tag at top to setcookie and prevent a video from
repeating.

anyway, if I send a link to a friend,
http://whateversite.com/index.php#whatever, it just opens the page
disregarding the #whatever.

There is no <a> named "whatever" on that page. There is a <a name="signup">
but no "whatever".

Oh, that is not your site? You should be using example.com then. Better yet,
provide a URL to *your* page so we can spot the HTML error, or take it over
to the validator and let that find your HTML error.