How do EZ-Pages work?

[kuroi]

I am trying to implement the "correct" way of linking within EZ pages.
So I did:
<a href="<php echo zen_ez_pages_link(15,2); ?>">Read more...</a>
and got a 403 Access Forbidden error on my test site.
Now, when I do my "incorrect" way:
<a href="index.php?main_page=page&id=15&chapter=2">Read more...</a>
it works.
Please explain.
Thanks.

The "correct" way of linking to PHP pages is for linking TO them from PHP code. It does more than just create a link. It handles whether the link is to an external or internal page, whether it should be opened in a new window or tab, and whether the page being linked to should be encrypted. This is why it is best practise to use it when possible.

However, EZ-Pages are designed to allow users to insert HTML onto a page not PHP, which is why you need the explicit HTML instead of a PHP function when creating a link ON an EZ-Page.

I don't know if this explains the specific error that you got, but hope that it clarifies why each is the "correct" approach is different contexts.