[SOLVED] Mask outgoing url - passing parsed RSS by masking the url

[mhuffs9017]

OK -

 

I have tried to search google endlessly for my issue. I'm using magpie to parse an RSS feed. What I would like to do is pass the $href variable to the source to a page on my site:

 

Feed is on news.php

 

$href=http://news.google.com/etc/etc/etc.gder23%20etc  <-- the link the user sees in the status bar

 

What i'm looking form is something like this:

 

foreach ($items as $item) {

$href = $item['link'];

$title = $item['title'];

$description = $item['description'];

echo '<a href="mike.php?newslink=', $href, '">' . $title . '</a>';

 

How do I mask the $href variable to my new page mike.php in variable newslink?

 

So user would see http://{mysite}/newslink={themaskedcodegoingtopagethenhavingheaderredirect}

 

Really lost and any help is appreciated.

 

 

[mhuffs9017]

meant url would be

 

http://{mysite}/mike.php?newslink={thereallymaskedurlpassedinnewslinktobeputinheadervariableonpagemike.phptakingusertolocation:)}

[mhuffs9017]

Sorry, I was so..... dumb...... oh my!!!! 

 

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