PHP redirect for cloaked link

Create a text file with the code posted below and name it PRODUCTNAME.php then link to that from your page.

<?php
$url='PRODUCTURL';
header("Location: $url");
exit();
?>

A way to cloak your link for free would be to create an intermediate page to which you link, instead of directly.
You can create this in a simple text editor. It is only a couple of lines. Do not add anything else or it will not work.

you would create your affiliate link as



<?php

header("Location:http://www.theaddress-you-want-to-send-the-visitor.too");

?>



Save this with a "safe" sounding name or the name of the software you are promoting as a php file.
For this example we could call it "secure.php"



This is now the file that you link to, instead of the final destination , (e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/secure.php)



or for a text link, inserted as html code in your article page,



<a href=" http://www.mydomain.com/secure.php">Click here for Article </a>



This will be the address that shows up at the bottom of the web page when your visitor hovers or clicks on the link, not your affiliate link. When the visitor arrives at your php page they are immediately forwarded to the sales page address contained with in it, with your affiliate link added. They will probably still realise at this point it is an affiliate link but they will not be able to interfere with it.



I personally use and recommend a completely different approach. I believe in being open and honest. When I have an affiliate link, I disclose it.

i tried to cloak via the php way and got this error. Could it be because i have word press installed using fantastico i have no idea what it means.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in /home/vantage/public_html/reco/index.php on line 2

May be easier for you to just buy a link cloaker script something like this WSO http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...s-seconds.html
rgds
Zm

<?php

header('Location:http://www.theaddress-you-want-to-se...tor.too');

?>


It is ' not " .

Thanks, that worked, how would i apply this to a picture so when a user scrolls over a picture they see the .php instead of the aff link.

Link to the redirect .php file instead of the aff. link - simply link the image to http://yourdomain.com/myphpredirect.php instead of the original link.

Tomas