Hi,

In too many projects / scripts / examples, I see rewrites or redirects being done like (pseudocode):

if (good) {
   do something
} else {
   header (location: http://otherpage)
   exit
}

Is this a best practice? What arguments are there to use this kind of mechanism?

I've seen form processing being done, when finished it gets a header redirect to a 'succes' page. I've seen URL's with wrong or insufficient parameters being redirected this way. I've seen too many horrible things that actually belongs into a black book of webscripting.

What is your opinion about (ab)using rewrites / redirects? Do you use it quick and dirty, or is it some elegant way of controlling flow?

Thanks.
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Aschwin Wesselius

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