On 08/11/2010 05:29 AM, Daniel F. Kudwien wrote:
Is form_state going to persist the user data for me
between form loads, or is there a better method?
...
There might be a better method. Some people suggested _SESSION which is
pretty handy for little bits of data but I'd checkout ctools'
object_cache. Or better yet, since you're creating a form that keeps
state, maybe ctools' wizard form generator is what you're looking for.
It can do some pretty handy stuff and is well tailored for use with
ctools' object_cache.
Your shopping cart use-case sounds like $_SESSION or a dedicated table keyed
by session ID and uid to me. Also not sure why you want to reinvent the
wheel -- doesn't Ubercart or eCommerce or anything else in contrib contain a
ready Cart module already?
sun
He did say "like a shopping cart" so I assume it was only an example.
Using a prebuilt and tested module is always a big win though.
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James Gilliland
