Re: Session problems with popup window

pass the user id to the page as a url variable. maybe set a unique cookie name for that value that won't get destroyed when the person logs out. Jim Lucas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Champagne" <mchampagne@capis.com> To: "PHP General Mailing List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:18 AM Subject: [PHP] Session problems with popup window > I can't seem to find an elegant solution to this and was hoping you guys could > offer some insight. > > We are using sessions on our webpage and one of the links on our main page, > launches a separate popup window which has some PHP on it and contains some > java applets which launch our web-based trading application. The thing is > that part of this page requires that we have the user ID for a database lookup > which is part of the user's session data. Basically, it lets the user refresh > a directory to see if a file is there and available for download. If the user > logs out in the main window, we lose this session data and the user ID and the > page chokes because it cannot find the user directory because we've lost the > user ID. > > Does anyone have any ideas how we can get around this? Thanks in advance for > any replies -- this mailing list has been a huge help for us. > > -- > Michael Champagne, Software Engineer > Capital Institutional Services, Inc. > wk: mchampagne@capis.com > hm: mchamp@sbcglobal.net > > > > ****************************************************************** > This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not > intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of > any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any > transaction, unless specifically agreed otherwise. All market > prices, data and other information are not warranted as to > completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without > notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not > necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Capital Institutional > Services, Inc. Capital Institutional Services, Inc. accepts no > liability for any errors or omissions arising as a result of > transmission. Use of this communication by other than intended > recipients is prohibited. > ****************************************************************** > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >