Is this PHP and how would I do it?

Question

I found a website that had external links but on the bottom of explorer (where it shows you the link's url when you roll over it) it showed something like http:www.websitename.com/links/1232. (I don't remembrer the extention)

Is this PHP or something else? I have been told it is a database of links that you assign a number to instead of using a regular link.

I hope this made sense.

Here is a website that uses what I am talking about. I see now that it is PHP but how do I do it? http://www.affiliatething.com/index.php?cat=7

Answer 1

Hmm let me try and make some sense out of this question. What you are describing sounds to me like a method to transfer Session id's or any other variable through the URL. This technique is very common with the usage of Server side languages (CGI, PHP, ASP). One of the great features of it is it allows you to design one generic page. Then customize what the client browser will get out of this page based on that session id. You can find out which language is being used by looking at the file extensions. ASP.net will have .aspx PHP will have .php and so on.
Hope this helped some.

Answer 2

Javascript will control the bottom url display in IE.

onMouseOver="window.status='my text'; return true">my link