Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread David Krings
Kristina Anderson wrote: Yes, but if I do $_SESSION['cart_id'], it is effectively the same thing, I'm using this random string as an identifier for the unique cart. This is effectively the same as $_SESSION['session_id'] -- only the name is different. And there is no reason to name it differ

[nyphp-talk] Release: DoubleCheck - PHP Debug Script

2008-08-20 Thread Ben Sgro
Hello All, So, after porting some C code to PHP for a research project, I had a spelling mistake ($complexCamelCaseVar, heh) that caused a bug that took me a long time to find out. I thought, wouldn't it be great to get a list of all my variables, in alphabetical order, with a count associate

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Kristina Anderson
Ajai-- this part I'm fine onit's just the matter, really, of after instantiating that session variable, locking it in. I think I've decided to do the include file thing so that index.php is not accessible after the first viewthat way they can't restart the session unless they retype in

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Kristina Anderson
Yes, but if I do $_SESSION['cart_id'], it is effectively the same thing, I'm using this random string as an identifier for the unique cart. This is effectively the same as $_SESSION['session_id'] -- only the name is different. the unique identifier is generated when index.php loads, and is pas

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Kristina Anderson wrote: > John -- store the cart items in the $_SESSION array and only write to > the database when they check out? Sure, that would work. Or store using a database table temporary session data (some PHP frameworks have support for that and have the added

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread John Campbell
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Kristina Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John -- store the cart items in the $_SESSION array and only write to > the database when they check out? Or store the cart in the database, and just store a key in the session such as $_SESSION['cart_id'] > I am usin

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Kristina Anderson
John -- store the cart items in the $_SESSION array and only write to the database when they check out? I am using PHP session but this variable is being passed in, as a unique identifier for that session/cart. > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Kristina Anderson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Kristina Anderson
Mike -- $rand=rand(1,9); $session_id=$rand.substr(md5($REMOTE_ADDR), 0, 11+$rand); $session_id.=substr(md5(rand(1,100)), rand(1,32-$rand), 21-$rand); session_id($session_id); session_start(); $_SESSION['sessionid'] = $session_id; --- What I need is some simple way to prevent this from bein

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread John Campbell
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Kristina Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When visitors initially arrive on the site, a randomized session id is > generated to track items they add to their cart. The only problem is > that when/if they return to/refresh the homepage during their visit, > th

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Michael B Allen
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Kristina Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's what I want to do, but I need to prevent the value of session id > from changing if for some reason they revisit or refresh the index.php > page...as that is where the value is created. The session id should not

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread bzcoder
Kristina Anderson wrote: That's what I want to do, but I need to prevent the value of session id from changing if for some reason they revisit or refresh the index.php page...as that is where the value is created. I've seen discussions on here about populating a hidden field and then testing

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Bruce Martin
I think you could do that as well as set a cookie and check that as well. That way if the user has cookies turned off you still can track the session. Bruce Martin The Martin Solution [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.martinsolution.com http://externals.martinsolution.com On Aug 20, 2008, at 3:56

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Kristina Anderson
That's what I want to do, but I need to prevent the value of session id from changing if for some reason they revisit or refresh the index.php page...as that is where the value is created. I've seen discussions on here about populating a hidden field and then testing that to see if it's not emp

Re: [nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Michael B Allen
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Kristina Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all -- > > When visitors initially arrive on the site, a randomized session id is > generated to track items they add to their cart. The only problem is > that when/if they return to/refresh the homepage during thei

[nyphp-talk] preventing randomized session variable from changing when page is refreshed

2008-08-20 Thread Kristina Anderson
Hi all -- When visitors initially arrive on the site, a randomized session id is generated to track items they add to their cart. The only problem is that when/if they return to/refresh the homepage during their visit, the session id changes and this will obviously result in unwanted issues.

Re: [nyphp-talk] Open Source CMS for PHP5

2008-08-20 Thread bzcoder
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: has anyone checked out expression engine. there is a base free version and if you want modules, there's a small licensing fee; it seems pretty cool though. Just to clarify: There is a free version that allows you to develop for/play with the system, but not use it

Re: [nyphp-talk] Open Source CMS for PHP5

2008-08-20 Thread y2rob
has anyone checked out expression engine.? there is a base free version and if you want modules, there's a small licensing fee; it seems pretty cool though. ~rob -Original Message- From: bzcoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NYPHP Talk Sent: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:28 pm Subject: Re: [n