Re: save page to DB

In article <20020402002831.87022.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, travelling_phil@hotmail.com (Phil Solomon) wrote: > Hi all, > I have a page that dynamically produces itself from a mysql db. It produces > a form with the prices of scaffolding items and then uses JS as a quote > calculator. I was wondering whether someone could tell me how to save the > whole page into one field so that it can be reproduced in what ever state it > was left? > It will not ever be necessary for all the individual fields to be saved, > only a few key totals will be eventually stored if a quote is finalised so I > am looking for a quick way of storing the page if the quote is in progress > and has to be left, Don't save whole pages, just the unique portion of the pages: those totals. Then when the person returns, generate the page as usual, plugging in any stored values you have for him/her. You'll need a way to uniquely identify the user, so that id can be linked back to the right set of stored data. Sessions are perfect for this <http://php.net/session>. Or, if you had no concern about the implications of client-side storage, you could use JS to store the values directly in a cookie. -- CC