Re: cookies and carts

On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 14:39 -0800, Allen McCabe wrote: > >> I have a shopping cart type system set up which keeps track of the cart >> contents using a SESSION variable, where $_SESSION['cart'][$item_id'] is >> equal to the quantity, so the name/value pair is all the information I need. >> >> But sessions are unreliable on the free server I am currently using for this >> website (not my choice), so I had start using cookies because users were >> being sporadically logged out, sometimes just on a page refresh. >> >> I want to find a way to set a cookie to remember the cart items as well, and >> I thought setting a cookie for each item/quantity pair was the way to go >> until I started trying to figure out how to unset all those cookies if the >> user empties their cart. >> >> Is there any way to set cookies with an array for the name? Intead of >> $_COOKIE['item_number'] have $_COOKIE['cart']['item_number'] >> like I have the >> SESSION? > > > What about storing a unique ID in the cookie, and matching it up with > information for that user in a database. It's sort of simulating a > sessions, but without the session handler getting involved, which looks > slightly messed up from what you've said. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk Blast your speedier typing!! =P ~Philip