I would like to have the choice in a variable_load function (as used to load variables from menu arguments) to circumvent the remainder of the page rendering process and give the user a ‘page not found.’
I could use a drupal_goto() but I would prefer not to redirect the user and change the url in their browser.
Is this possible?
you could use
drupal_not_found()to bring up the ‘page not found’ message without altering the URL.