title: Can I read the hash portion of the URL on my server-side application (PHP, Ruby, Python, etc.)?
body: <p>Assuming a URL of:</p>
  
  <pre><code>www.example.com/?val=1#part2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>PHP can read the request variables <code>val1</code> using the GET array.</p>
  
  <p>Is the hash value <code>part2</code> also readable? Or is this only upto the browser and JavaScript?</p>