At 11:02 AM +0000 1/23/11, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 09:21 +0100, Thijs Lensselink wrote:
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On 01/23/2011 07:33 AM, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Storing any sort of login/auth data in cookies has regularly been panned
> on this list. The preference seems to be to store whatever login/auth
> information *must* be stored in the $_SESSION variable.
>
> Well and good. My problem, however, is that I have multiple applications
> in different tabs running on the same server, which may all use the same
> sub-variables, like "username". As a result, they run into each other.
> One application will think I'm logged in when I'm not logged in to that
> application, but to another in the same browser on the same box.
>
> So my question is how to prevent this using the standard PHP functions
> relating to sessions. I'd like different applications in different tabs
> on the same box/browser to have different sessions, so they don't share
> data.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> > Paul
You can of course use arrays in your session as well:
$_SESSION['app_name'] = Array(
'username' => 'John',
'user_id' => 1234,
'some other info' => 'another string',
);
I use this on my localhost sometimes, as it can be easier running tests
and stuff than having to create a whole new host entry for it in my
config files!
Thanks,
Ash
Paul:
Ash's method is a good one.
You might also consider using uniqid() to create a unique ID for your
users and then use that ID for determining which user is which
instead of using username.
Cheers,
tedd
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