Links not working

I’m having an issue where all links go to a local file, rather than a web address. It’s this because I’m in xampp as a apposed to an actual server?

 echo '<a href="www.google.com" >TEST</a>';

goes to : localhost/www.goog.com

Thanks,
Jeremy.

You left out the protocol.
The “http://” part.

Can anybody confirm the following?

I have noticed that Google has started to leave off the http: and just use //www.google.com.

I think it is to prevent an unecessary 301 redirection if the site has been upgraded to https:.

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