Re: redirect to a page the fist time a site is accessed

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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Jason Pruim <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 14, 2009, at 10:11 PM, "Don" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have some code in my index.php file that check the user agent and
>> redirects to a warning page if IE 6 or less is encountered.
>>
>> 1. I'm using a framework and so calls to all pages go through index.php
>> 2. The code that checks for IE 6 or less and redirects is in index.php
>>
>> I know how to redirect the users but what I want to do is redirect a user
>> ONLY the first time the web site is accessed regardless of what page they
>> first access.  I would like to minimize overhead (no database).  Can this
>> be
>> done?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don
>>
>>
>>
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> Probably the best way I could think of would be to set a cookie on their
> computer that you check for when they come and redirect based on that
> cookie.
>
> It's not completely fail proof because all they have to do is clear cookies
> and they will see it again but it should work for most people.

Well, there is that ... and if the browser does not accept your
cookie, it will be trapped in an infinte redirection cycle.

Andrew

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