Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Christopher William Wesley
esley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Ben Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:27 AM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites > > > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Ben Sinclair wrote: >

Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Analysis and Solutions
Hey Ben: Ben Sinclair wrote: > > These are all workable solutions Not really. JavaScrap and cookies are not a solution. They're a quick answer which doesn't work 100% of the time. *IF* you're going to use sessions, use a URL based session ID, which will work in 100% of browsers. Not all bro

Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Ben Sinclair
ssage - From: "Christopher William Wesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ben Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, B

Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Christopher William Wesley
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Ben Sinclair wrote: > I want to retain some data across my sites, which have different domain names. > I can't use cookies because they rely on the domain name, and I'd rather not One way I handle this ... it's a work-around, so it's not all that pretty: In the doc root on

Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Simon Willison
Ben Sinclair wrote: >I want to retain some data across my sites, which have different domain names. >I can't use cookies because they rely on the domain name, and I'd rather not >pass the information on every link Any suggestions? > I've been thinking about this recently and here's what I came up

RE: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread scott
is Boget [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:43 AM > To: Ben Sinclair; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites > > > > I could do that, but how would I keep track of the users? I don't think IP > >

Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Chris Boget
> I could do that, but how would I keep track of the users? I don't think IP > addresses are reliable. I would also prefer to limit my database access. Are you using sessions? If so, you can keep track of users that way. I believe this would be the only solution available to you. I am not sure

RE: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Jon Haworth
Write it to a database from one server, and then read it from another? webserver 1 <--> db server <--> webserver 2 HTH Jon -Original Message- From: Ben Sinclair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 February 2002 16:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple s

Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Ben Sinclair
AIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites > > I want to retain some data across my sites, which have different domain names. > > I can't use cookies because they rely on the domai

Re: [PHP] Retaining data across multiple sites

2002-02-20 Thread Chris Boget
> I want to retain some data across my sites, which have different domain names. > I can't use cookies because they rely on the domain name, and I'd rather not > pass the information on every link Any suggestions? Need to store it server side somehow. Perhaps a global database? Chris -- PHP