Why doesn't base href work with links like "/link" on localhost?

Question

Apache HTTP Server

1. The production version of the project has base href=" www.mysite.com "
2. The local version: base href="http\\localhost/mysite/"
3. The pages have links like "/link1"
As a result:
1. On the production server (Ubuntu, Apache) the links lead to www.mysite.com/link1, as expected
2. On the local server (OS X, Apache) the links lead to localhost/link1
What could be the problem?

Answer 1

A link starting with /is a link from the root of the site, it is absolute within the site.
base only affects relative references, i.e. in order to take the path from base, the link must not be /link1alink1