Anchor tag doesn't work in iPhone Safari

Question

I\'m having an issue with a named anchor tag in iPhone Safari browser. It works well in desktop browsers including Safari, but not working in mobile Safari. Weird!

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Answer 1

Safari loses the anchor tag after redirecting. So avoid anything that leads to a (second) redirect.

• use the full URL (http://...)
• note if there is a redirect to www or not (www.domain...)

• add a trailing / if there is no prefix like .html/.php (mypage/)

  http://www.domain.tdl/mypage/#safari
  

Maybe it's useful to check for a redirect using tools like cURL

curl -I http://www.domain.tdl/mypage/#safari