Re: $_COOKIE

On every web pages or just the 1st page for initalizing the session? FletchSOD "Philip Olson" <philip@cornado.com> wrote in message news:Pine.BSF.4.10.10207051647410.68593-100000@localhost... For session id, use session_id() http://www.php.net/session_id Regards, Philip Olson On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Scott Fletcher wrote: > Not a problem! I noticed the "PHPSESSID" only showed up on $_COOKIE and > nothing else. I dont' want to use the $_COOKIE, so I may either assign it > to $_SESSION or $GLOBALS. > > FletchSOD > "Alberto Serra" <albertoserra@gala.net> wrote in message > news:3D25B1C7.8030603@gala.net... > > Scott Fletcher wrote: > > > That is what I thought so! Thanks! > > > > > > To me, the $_COOKIE seem to get data from the browser in some way. > Correct > > > me if I'm wrong. Something like a communication between cookie. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > FletchSOD > > > > ðÒÉ×ÅÔ! > > > > Yes, that's the way it works. Once you do a setcookie() on the server > > you actually issue a sort of "delayed command" for the client, if you > > pardon me the expression :) In short, when you print out your HTML you > > also tell the client to save some data in its disk (or RAM when you use > > session cookies). > > > > This data will be presented back later to you with the next URL request. > > It is NOT saved on the server, it is just a sort of automatic add-on > > that you will have on all links pointing to you until the cookie > > expires. It will be presented to those URLs you specify when building > > the cookie (usually you will want to limit their action to some > > subdirectory to avoid having back data out of context). > > > > Sounds very nice, but... But the trouble is that in doing so you issue a > > command to a machine of which you know almost nothing. Most of all, you > > don't know whether it's capable of executing your order. Or willing to, > > since users may disable cookies. > > > > Sort of blind date, but the girl may actually not show up later... 99% > > she will, but you should not count on it. > > > > ðÏËÁ > > áÌØÂÅÒÔÏ > > ëÉÅ× > > > > > > > > > > "Alberto Serra" <albertoserra@gala.net> wrote in message > > > news:3D25A66A.8090904@gala.net... > > > > > >>Scott Fletcher wrote: > > >> > > >>>I have a question! Since the $_COOKIE is on the server side, not on > the > > >>>client side. So, will the use of hte $_COOKIE be affected when the > > >> > > > user's > > > > > >>>browser disabled the cookie? I do not know how the $_COOKIE on the > > >> > > > server > > > > > >>>side work or get the information from. > > >>> > > >>>Thanks, > > >>> FletchSOD > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >>ðÒÉ×ÅÔ! > > >> > > >>Yes, that's the problem with cookies :( In case they get disabled, or > > >>just manually canceled) $_COOKIE will not contain anything at all. Which > > >>is why I don't like cookies. > > >> > > >>áÌØÂÅÒÔÏ > > >>ëÉÅ× > > >> > > >>-- > > >> > > >> > > >>@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@ > > >> > > >>LoRd, CaN yOu HeAr Me, LiKe I'm HeArInG yOu? > > >>lOrD i'M sHiNiNg... > > >>YoU kNoW I AlMoSt LoSt My MiNd, BuT nOw I'm HoMe AnD fReE > > >>tHe TeSt, YeS iT iS > > >>ThE tEsT, yEs It Is > > >>tHe TeSt, YeS iT iS > > >>ThE tEsT, yEs It Is....... > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > @-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@-_=}{=_-@ > > > > LoRd, CaN yOu HeAr Me, LiKe I'm HeArInG yOu? > > lOrD i'M sHiNiNg... > > YoU kNoW I AlMoSt LoSt My MiNd, BuT nOw I'm HoMe AnD fReE > > tHe TeSt, YeS iT iS > > ThE tEsT, yEs It Is > > tHe TeSt, YeS iT iS > > ThE tEsT, yEs It Is....... > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >