On 2013-06-26 22:22, Sindhi Sindhi wrote:
Hi,
I have a C++ Apache filter module for HTML output filtering. I'm seeing a
certain behavior when using my filter module after setting cookies and
would want to know if thats expected.
I have a html page index.html, this page has a hyperlink called "Click
here" and when I click on this link, a second page index2.html should be
launched.
My filter applies some business logic while filtering html files.
I have a cookie.html file that has Javascript to set a cookie (using
document.cookie) in the browser.
I need to do the following:
1. Enable my filter using LoadModule directive and start the server
2. Set a cookie with name=cookieName, value=cookieValue in the browser
using the cookie.html
3. Launch index.html, and then click on "Click here". When this call goes
to the filter module, I have to apply some business logic before
index2.html is rendered on browser.
But when I set the cookie in step2 above, I see that the filter module is
not called because a server call is not made, and the browser opens the
cached index2.html which does not have my business logic applied.
And, if I dont set the cookie mentioned in step2 above, a server call is
made when I click on "Click here" link.
How can I ensure that, when I try to launch a html page from a hyperlink,
the call goes to the filter module even when I set a browser cookie.
What happens if you clear your browser's memory and disk cache before
you click on the hyperlink?
If it's a cache issue, then use the mod_headers module and the 'Header
set Cache-Control "must-revalidate, no-cache"' directive to disable
browser caching.
Sorin
My apologies if I'm asking something fundamental, I'm new to how cookies
work with web-servers, any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks.
