RE: [PEAR-DEV] We need another Auth

From: Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:54:31 +0000
Subject: RE: [PEAR-DEV] We need another Auth
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> Which I find silly and not logical. > Why would you want to check if a user is authenticated if he > doesn't even > has a session started. That's a supplementary step and add > overhead to both > your code and your filesystem (if you are using file handler). > > I know there is no way to know if a session is started > without starting one > yourself but this doesn't mean it is good. There might be a > workaround : you > start your session, if it is empty, you unset and destroy it. > > The objective for me being that I don't want to store session > files for > users that don't need the 'remember me' feature. How do you > handle this in > your new auth class ? For the remember me feature, you have to store info in a cookie on the client side. How else would you know who is who ? If cookies are disabled i don't see how you can have a remember me feature. Maybe i'm completely wrong here so indulge me ;) > Bertrand Mansion > Mamasam

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