Re: The ASP "application" object in PHP?

On 15 Feb 2002, at 23:12, michael kimsal wrote: > Tom Rogers wrote: > > Hi > > It uses cookies and only cookies and it seems that sessions are > > started on every access but can be turned off on individual pages if > > required. Tom > > Sorry Tom, but the application object has nothing to do with cookies. > It is a 'global' session, for lack of a better term, and doesn't need > to concern itself with cookies or other means of identifying specific > users, because nothing in the application object is specific to users > - it is data specific to the total application itself. > Hope that helps. The original guy wrote: > > > to all instances and sessions. It is for example very useful to > > > track different users at the same time, or to send messages from > > > one session to another, or the likes. Well it started from the above where some guy said this magic could track users. I assumed the cookies and if it's tracking users it uses a session id in the url or a cookie, I know of no other way and would really appreciate the education. > Tom Rogers wrote: > - it is data specific to the total application itself. But how does it carry from one click to the next? Peter http://www.readbrazil.com/ Answering Your Questions About Brazil