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I need a help here, There's an error every time I add a link in my php file.
Example:

<php
$link = "twitter.com";
echo "<a href = '".$link."'> link </a>";
?>

on click, the address would be change on "http://localhost/project/twitter.com" whch is supposed to be "twitter.com"
I've tried placing

<?php
$link = "twitter.com";
echo "<a href = '../../".$link."'> link </a>";
?>

but still it doesn't work. $link is stored in the database.
I'm new here. Please help me.

Edited by helpmmeworld because: i forgot...
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Member Avatar for raju_boini525

try like this

$link = "www.twitter.com";
<a href ="<?=$link?>"> link </a>
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Member Avatar for ax8l

That happens because if you don't put a protocol in a link it will be interpreted as a subdirectory so if you want to make an external link you should put

http://|https://|ftp://

etc so in your case it would be

$link = "http://www.twitter.com";
<a href ="<?=$link?>"> link </a>
Edited by ax8l because: n/a
Member Avatar for rajarajan2017

You can try these kind of things without www. or http:// in your browser but not with the codes, code strictly first refers to your local. So that only it retrieves your php localhost and tried from there.

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