hey,boy, i think you should use datebase to store user status,use user's internet-ip and intranet-ip to idenification. > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: don@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:20:05 -0400 > Subject: Re: redirect to a page the fist time a site is accessed > > > "Andrew Ballard" <aballard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:b6023aa40904150926g3e6fb478s36b18b6a53ec3b4f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > 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 > > Yes and from php.net, > > "Cookies will not become visible until the next loading of a page that the > cookie should be visible for." > > So there's no PHP solution for my problem? I think I need to use unreliable > JavaScript. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1b_explore_042009