Can you put meta tags in a php file

I have the following code in a file called links.php for my external links:

<?php
$path = array(
'google' => 'http://www.google.com',
'dp'=> 'http://forums.digitalpoint.com');
if (array_key_exists($_GET['id'], $path)) header('Location: ' . $path[$_GET['id']]);
?>

Code (markup):

e.g. <a href="mysite.com/links.php?id=google">google</a> for google


I want to add noindex meta tags to links.php

Is this possible?

thanks.

 

No. It wouldn't be shown because the browser is redirected before the metatags are send.

 

You could set the noindex on links.php in a robots.txt-file though.

 

thanks. would that work for nofollow as well?

 

Maybe. I think nofollow pertains to links. You are setting a redirect in links.php
You can dissallow links.php in robots.txt though. That should keep robots away from links.php.

 

thanks for the help