force existing link to open in a new window with javascript

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force existing link to open in a new window with javascript Code

HTML

<div class='my-test-link'><a href='//kruxor.com'>kruxor.com</a></div>

Javascript

// get the element
var my_test_link = document.getElementsByClassName("my-test-link");
// add an event listener to the click and then a function to run rather than the default action
my_test_link.addEventListener('click', function() { 
  var href = document.querySelector('a').href;
  alert(href);
 }, false);

PHP

echo "moo";