Redirects are where a link to a site looks like http://www.mysite.com/go/143/ or http://www.mysite.com/goto.php?site=143
These are great for the directory owner because they can track the popularity of a link and capture other statistics. They are, however, almost worthless for the site owner.
Forgetting for a second that it’s a cardinal sin to set values in $_GET, $_POST or $_REQUEST I’ve found an interesting little thing… or maybe I’m only finding it now because I don’t commit cardinal sins…
This is a Frequently Asked Question for beginners getting to grips with the whole clientside versus serverside programming topic.
These have been coming from an email based PHP Users group I’m in and I decided I wanted to keep them, and where better than here?