Re: Multiple sessions

I have found a way to allow multiple browser sessions regardless of which browser is being used. Read about it at http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/client-clones.html -- Tony Marston http://www.tonymarston.net http://www.radicore.org "Philip Thompson" <prthomp@uark.edu> wrote in message news:A94DDF6C-459E-4870-AF2A-E828F4AF1F6C@uark.edu... > Hi. > > Is there a way to have multiple sessions open in one browser > (specifically, Firefox or Safari)? For example, IE does not transfer > session data from one window to another, however, Firefox does. So, if > one user opens a session and then his/her friend wants to open a > different session of that same program on the same computer, (s)he is not > able to without overwriting the first session data. > > I have thought of one solution, but have yet to test it. Upon the first > user logging in, I could assign them as session ID (along with the one > that PHP creates). I could then verify that ID is being used on each > page. For the second user, I could create a different one and do the same > as the first. ???? > > <? // User 1 > $_SESSION["my_special_id"] = abcd; // created upon logging in > > if ($_SESSION["is_logged_in"] && > $_SESSION["my_special_id"] == $_GET["my_special_id"]) { > // do stuff > } > ?> > > <? // User 2 in a different window of Firefox > $_SESSION["my_special_id"] = efgh; // created upon logging in > > if ($_SESSION["is_logged_in"] && > $_SESSION["my_special_id"] == $_GET["my_special_id"]) { > // do stuff > } > ?> > > Notice that they both share the same "is_logged_in" variable, but a > different "my_special_id" variable. Actually, I just noticed something. > If User 1 logs out and kills "is_logged_in", that would also kill it for > User 2. > > I don't know. I've confused myself now. Any suggestions? Common > practices? > > Thanks in advance, > ~Philip