PHP links script

[Cutter]

I noticed a lot of sites use asp for their external links. The link will be something like http://www.website.com/links/goto.asp?id=9999

Is there a way to do this in PHP? I have limited programming knowledge.

The reason I am asking is because I want to block outgoing PR for certain links on a page I am working on.

Thanks!

[abelony]

Sure, here is a little piece of code for a url like this: http://www.website.com/links/goto.php?id=9999

The code below will be your goto.php file

If (!Isset($id)){
$URL="anywher you want to direct the user"; //if the $id is not set
}
else
{
  // If you have the url stored in a database you can run a 
  //query here and get the URL that the visitor will be sent to.
}

header ("Location: $URL"); //This will send your visitor to the URL. 

[abelony]

Forgot to mention that you can tell the spider not to follow the link by putting the following code in a robots.txt file.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /links/goto.php

Anyone, if you notice a mistake please let us know. This is my very first programming advice.

[s2kinteg916]

where do u set the id of the url ?

[AndyH]

where do u set the id of the url ?

If (!Isset($id)){
$URL="anywher you want to direct the user"; //if the $id is not set
}
else
{
  if ($id == 1) { $URL = "http://www.google.com"; }
  elseif ($id == 2) { $URL = "http://www.msn.com"; }
  elseif ( $id == 3) { $URL = "http://www.yahoo.com"; }
 }

header ("Location: $URL"); //This will send your visitor to the URL. 

Like that

[s2kinteg916]

Cool thanks very useful...

[Cutter]

Excellant, I appreciate the help.