Re: suggestions

From: Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:35:31 +0000
Subject: Re: suggestions
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> Hello > > I need to dev a small app and I can think of a couple different ways to handle it but not sure > the best way. I need to register those who come to our site that want to download .pdf's. They > will fill out some information before I redirect to the pdf. > > I'm thinking the best way to handle this is sessions, but is it appropriate to store all > of the users info - so that if he downloads 2 items - I can re-populate the fields so he doesnt have > to? So if they click on an additional pdf I'll need to somehow check for the session and > re-populate 11 fields, and they will only have to fill in one field at that time. > > Or would cookies be better ? I need to store probably 11 different form variables. Also - > would you store the variables in an array in the session? This seems neat and tidy... > > Hope this is clear. > > Any advice/guidance/sample scripts would be appreciated. I think sessions would be perfect for this http://us3.php.net/session is a good place to start

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