Re: suggestions
| From: | Matt M. | 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