Do affiliate link still work when a page redirects from meta refresh

[stella_kl]

basically does the code below do the same job as the customer clicking on a link?

<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL=http://www.merchantwebsite.com?aff=mysite">

Just wanna make sure they know where the customer has come from!

[cuce]

yes. But...

meta redirects are somewhat unreliable.

I'd use a php redirect.

<?php
header("location: http://www.example.com/index.php?myaffid-or-whatever");
exit;
?>

[stella_kl]

How would they be unrealiable? They always seem to work when I click the links?