'absolute URL link in php from database [duplicate]

I have a PHP web application where list of URL of another sites fetch from database and when user click the link they open the external web link in new tab. but whenever I tried to implement this i got relative URL connected to my web app. I want to add an absolute external link.

in my case in bookmark table have fields bid, id, title, url, date.

suppose www.google.com is saved in url field and when I create link using following code

<a href="<?=$bookmark->url ?>" class="btn btn-outline-secondary">Visit</a>

it open following link

http://localhost/myapp/bookmark/www.google.com

but I want to directly open www.google.com

how to do this?

php


Solution 1:[1]

simply add // before link eg

<a href="//<?=$bookmark->url ?>" class="btn btn-outline-secondary">Visit</a>

also be sure that link will never have http or https or add it to link on insert eg : https://google.com and then remove //

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Solution 1 Jehad Ahmad Jaghoub

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