On 12 Jul 2009, at 09:45, J DeBord wrote:
I can code both of these, but I'm not sure what the correct method is.
For recording hits to a website, which would you typically use?
For checking if a "Stay logged in" cookie is set and logging the
user in, which would you use?
Hi,
An FC plugin runs on every request and is generally for "global"
operations. An action helper can optionally utilise hooks that run
every request or can contain methods that are called on demand by the
controller actions that require them. There's obviously some overlap
between an action helper using hooks and an FC plugin.
For both your examples, I personally would use a FC plugin for the
"stay logged in". I would use an action helper for recording hits as
its likely that you may want to store additional info set by the
controller action.
