On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Rob Allen <r...@akrabat.com> wrote:
> > On 12 Jul 2009, at 09:45, J DeBord wrote: > > I can code both of these, but I'm not sure what the correct method is. >> >> For recording hits to a website, which would you typically use? >> >> For checking if a "Stay logged in" cookie is set and logging the user in, >> which would you use? >> >> > > Hi, > > An FC plugin runs on every request and is generally for "global" > operations. An action helper can optionally utilise hooks that run every > request or can contain methods that are called on demand by the controller > actions that require them. There's obviously some overlap between an action > helper using hooks and an FC plugin. > > For both your examples, I personally would use a FC plugin for the "stay > logged in". I would use an action helper for recording hits as its likely > that you may want to store additional info set by the controller action. Thanks. That makes sense. So if I want to either create a default identity for a user OR create an actual identity based on the Stay Logged In cookie, which hook should I use? routeStartup() maybe?
