Ian Kallen wrote:
>
> Today, Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> frothed and...:
> > I posted about a generic URL mangeler / cookie session handler a few
> > days ago.
> >
> > Allthough this is not rocket science - I've writen a URI transhandler
> > that will put the session id into pnotes, and if cookies are off will do
> > a redirect to itself with a munged URL
> > (www.foo.com/id_here/original_bit_here). A quick uri rewrite and bob's
> > one of your parents sister. The only major issue is that I cannot
>
> Two separate issues, two separate replies :)
>
> If you do this, build it into Apache::Session! Leverage the existing
> storage mechanisms built in there already (file, DBI, etc). My only
> other feature requests for this:
Why not have something that is generic that can work with
Apache::Session, and on its own. Why - well some people may not like a
monothic session system, and may just wish to use one or the other. For
example I am presently only using sessions to store a Database ID, and
that stores any data I like. I am presently not using Apache::Session
(but thinking about it!)
>
> 1) include a %no_url_munging hash with user agents for known
> indexing spider storage. You don't want inktomi or altavista returing
> munged URL's in search results!
I'm already including an option that will do a URI match and only
session bit that match a simple REGEX - so certain areas of a domain /
site can be non-sessioned.
Including a hash that has indexers in is no big deal - Joshua from
Apache::ASP fame has a different spin and suggests using the query args
instead of URI rewriting which could help to solve this issue.
> 2) Have it configurable so that the url munger session pnote'ing can be
> turned off or on.
So if cookies are on then put the session id into pnotes else do not do
the redirect / url_munling bit - is that what you mean ?
Thanks for the pointers
Greg Cope
>
> I think without these features, url munging session mgt is pretty
> worthless.
>
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