How to cloak link?

cloak links

[zoffmann]

Hello,

I have done redirection from www.example.com/forum to

www.example.com/forum/mysite and it works.

When I click on www.example.com/forum I want that address is still in

address field but I am actually on www.example.com/forum/mysite.

In the other words I would like to hide the second address and only show the first in the address field of the browser.

My question is:

Is there some simple way to cloak addresses in php?

Thanks in advance

[edited by: eelixduppy at 8:06 pm (utc) on Mar. 29, 2007]

[edited by: dreamcatcher at 7:23 am (utc) on Mar. 30, 2007]
[edit reason] use example.com, please [/edit]

[eelixduppy]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, zoffmann

PHP doesn't really have the capabilities to do something like this. You can, however, set up a frame [w3.org] which will produce the desired effect. This is probably your best bet.

[mcavic]

This is a bad idea from a user perspective, because if you use frames, users won't be able to bookmark individual pages, or send links to each other. In both cases, they will only get a link to the forum home.

[eelixduppy]

That is very true, mcavic. zoffmann, is there a reason why you cannot host the forum on the server that you already have? It shouldn't be too hard to transfer the database info. That would be the best solution.

[zoffmann]

I have tried the frames but with no success :((

To try on the same server would be great, but I didn't have a time and knowledge to setup the required software and database on the same server.

But the people from my webhotell's support are still saying that I should use php for this purpose. (Now I have two opposite piece of information at the same time.)

best regards
zoffmann