host Property

Sets or retrieves the hostname and port number of the location or URL.

Syntax

HTML Scripting

N/A

object . host [ = sHost ]

Possible Values

sHost

String that specifies or receives the host name and port number.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties .

Remarks

The host property is the concatenation of the hostname and port properties, separated by a colon (hostname:port). When the port property is null , the host property is the same as the hostname property.

The host property may be set at any time, although it is safer to set the href property to change a location. If the specified host cannot be found, an error is returned.

Example

This example function returns the host property of the current page location.

function getHost() { return document.location. host ; }

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Windows CE:
Unix:
Mac:

A , AREA , location

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