Re: disabled cookies

Matijn Woudt <tijnema@gmail.com> wrote: >On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Ashley Sheridan ><ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> Al <news@ridersite.org> wrote: >> >>>Disabled cookies use to be a problem years ago.  What's your >experience >>>these days. >>> >>>I need it for my session ID. As I read the docs, the old method of >>>appending it >>>to the URL is a security issue. >>> >>>I can obviously save the ID in a temp file which can be read by all >the >>>pages >>>needing it. >>> >>>Al.... >>> >>>-- >>>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> There is a new law been passed in the UK that makes non-essential >cookies opt-in only, so you must get permission in order to use them. >> >> That said, session cookies are a bit of a grey area.. If your site >relies on them to function, then they're ok. If they're used purely for >tracking, they need to be made opt-in. Everything between is, like I >said, grey. >> >> Thanks, >> Ash >> http://ashleysheridan.co.uk > > >A little correction on the above: This law applies to the whole EU, not >only UK. > >- Matijn Oh, my bad! Thanks, Ash http://ashleysheridan.co.uk