Re: Multiple cookies on the same computer

Ken Watkins wrote: >>>> On 3/26/2009 at 11:12 PM, in message <70.12.30978.2144CC94@pb1.pair.com>, >>>> Shawn McKenzie <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote: > Shawn McKenzie wrote: >> Ken Watkins wrote: >>> Hi all. >>> >>> Newbie here. >>> >>> I have set up a blog site where my family creates posts and they get emailed to members >>> of the family. To keep up with their identities, I created a script for each family member to run >>> (dad.php, mom.php, etc.), and it sets a cookie on each computer and uses sessions so I know who is >>> connecting. It works great unless I want to share a computer between two users. >>> >>> I thought I had a solution: install both Firefox and IE on the same computer and set >>> two different cookies. But this doesn't seem to work. My question is: Is it possible to set one >>> cookie for IE and another for Firefox so that, depending on which browser is used, I can tell who is >>> connecting to the blog? If this is not possible, is there another easy way to do it? >>> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> >>> - Ken Watkins >>> >>> >> Even if you don't need it secure, have a login. Dad and mom can login >> with dad or mom with no password if all you need to do is give them >> their own cookie/session. >> >> > > Optionally, I just thought that if this was too much for them to > do/remember, they could have their own bookmarks, like "Dad - Yoursite" > (http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?person=dad) and Mom - Yoursite > (http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?person=mom) and set the > session/cookie or whatever you're doing based on $_GET['person']. > > I would still opt for the login though, even if not secure. > No, they use their own cookies so if you want to do it that way, use: $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] and set the cookie based upon the browser. Another thought I had was if you can add domain aliases, dad.yoursite.com and mom.yoursite.com, then they will each have different cookies. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com