> > "André Medeiros" <andre.caum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:1122558897.3590.11.camel@xxxxxxx > > The point of sessions is that when you close your browser, > you loose it. > > I'm affraid that if you want sessions that last two weeks, > you'll have > > to make your own session handler :) but yeah, it's possible, and it > > beats the crap out of the "fill form, store in db, fill > form, store in > > db" method. > > Unless your user wishes to complete the form from a different > machine, of > course. > > I really don't understand the dogmatic antipathy to storing > information in > the database. Sometimes it is a better solution - horses for courses. > Rolling your own session management tool, whilst undoubtedly fun and > satisfying, is hardly an appropriate solution to this type of > enquiry, which > is apparently from someone taking their first steps in web > development. > > I should probably explain that I come from an ASP background > and so have an > inherent mistrust of sessions, although I am coming to > understand that PHP > sessions are much more reliable. > I agree. In this case, it is my opinion that storing data in the DB after each successful page is the best solution. I would be interested to hear why it is a bad idea. JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
