Viewpoint from the Web

Redirecting using PHP is very simple. You just need a single line of code in your php page. I’ll split it out to two lines in the example below for the sake of clarity. Create a text file, calling it redirect.php. Add the following content to it:

<?php
$URI = $_REQUEST['to'];
Header ("Location: $URI");
?>

In the above example, we use the ‘to‘ parameter to specify our target URI.

To use this in your pages your link would look like the following:

<a href="http://www.example.com/redirect.php?to=http://www.vftw.com">Visit vftw.com</a>

You’d obviously replace example.com with your own domain, or you can omit it if you are referring it from the same domain.

Make sure there are no spaces or line-breaks before the <?php. If you are modifying the HTTP header, you are not allowed to write the the stream before that line.

You need to create a files directory in the drupal root, once installation is complete. Would’ve been nice of them to mention it in the final installation step.

At first glance it seems drupal is more for servers where you have complete control. Especially since you need to have table locking rights in mysql, and the ability to run cron jobs.