On Sunday 16 November 2003 01:54 pm, R. Van Tassel wrote: > Hi everyone. I have a problem with a website that I don't understand. It > seems that people using AOL can't see certain sections of this website. > > It is a directory section where a drop-down menu exists, you select the > section you want to see and the page reloads with the information. The only > problem is that AOL users don't see any content. The page comes up blank > where the information should appear! > > I use sessions to see if a user is new to the site or if they've already > been at the site by visiting a previous page. A session starts at the top > of every page and the session id is stored in a mysql database. Every time > someone visits a page a search is done to see if the session id exists. If > it does it stores the page they are currently on as a "last page". If it > doesn't exist a new record is created storing the session id and some other > stuff. > > Has anyone had problems with AOL and sessions before? Anyone have any > suggestions on what I can do? It's a death wish for AOL users not to see > this site as it's a community website with a lot of people using AOL. > > Thanks, > Roy
Hi Roy, Yes I had a problem with AOL -- specifically if your page is 'https' it won't load. Furthermore, if you're using sessions, it has been my experience that the user must have 'Cookies Enabled'. I wrote a little checker script to see if the user has them enabled on the opening page -- and informs them they are necessary. Don't know whether this is much help, but it's a start. Regards, Andr -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
