Yes, i know that. I was referring to the fact that it appears there's
an id field that i never used.
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Sebastian Veggiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The methodology to work with sessions is:
>
> // for reading
> $myVar = $this->Session->read('varName');
>
> // for writing
> $this->Session->write('varName', $varValue)
>
> // for debugging the session array
> $mySessionVars = $this->Session->read();
> debug( $mySessionVars );
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
> On 22 abr, 14:15, "b logica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You're going to wince when you see this ...
> >
> >
> $session->id()http://api.cakephp.org/1.2/class_session_component.html#e1692bdb30d58...
> >
> > Yeah, it's odd that debug($session) shows an empty 'id' field and that
> > you need to use the method. I'm sure it's much safer that way but then
> > why the array field?
> >
> > Because, if i do
> >
> > $session->id('foobar') // the method also accepts a param to set the var
> > debug($session);
> >
> > the id field is still empty.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:04 PM, MonkeyGirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi again!
> >
> > > I'm using the session component, as documented at
> > > http://manual.cakephp.org/view/173/sessions, and it's storing and
> > > retrieving all the session variables I set just fine.
> >
> > > However, I'm trying to find the session ID - or anything else that's
> > > unique to each visitor, but doesn't change each time they load a new
> > > page - and I'm getting a bit stuck here.
> >
> > > I've tried echoing out PHP's session ID, as documented
> atwww.php.net/session_id
> > > , but it seems to change each time a page is loaded. I'm assuming
> > > CakePHP is doing magical things with sessions that I just shouldn't
> > > interfere with lest I break something, but please correct me if I'm
> > > wrong about that.
> >
> > > So I looked at what $this->Session is storing, figuring that maybe
> > > it's storing some kind of consistent ID somewhere. The closest I could
> > > find was $this->Session->_userAgent , but that appears to just be a
> > > hash of the browser name, nothing else, as someone else using the same
> > > browser even on a different network will get the same value.
> >
> > > So is there anything that acts like a regular, consistent session ID?
> >
> > > If not, I can just set a hash of the user's browser, IP address, and
> > > the current timestamp at the exact moment they visit the site and set
> > > that as a regular session variable (ie each time the user loads a
> > > page, check for this session variable, and if it's not set, generate
> > > and set it), but that seems a bit long winded and a case of
> > > reinventing the wheel when this is exactly what session IDs are for.
> >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions,
> > > Zoe.
> >
>
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