Rick, It's amazing how one gets locked into a PHP mindset. Do all that stuff you outlined in your reply, but why not have a second Java applet to update a remote database? PHP doesn't have ownership over the database.
Miles At 08:06 AM 1/7/2002 -0500, Richard Spangenberg wrote: >Miles, > >The reason for the javascript is that the hosting ISP does not support PHP. > >Each time a new session is started, the javascript would have to: >- check for cookie >-if it doesn't exist > -poll database for next new custome ID# > -set new cookie id > -update database with page info > -download java applet (does something else) > >I guess I wasn't sure if a non PHP supported domain could access the PHP >database from a remot server or not and how one would do that. I am setting >things up in PHP but fairly new at it. > >Rick > >-----Original Message----- >From: Miles Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 10:52 PM >To: Richard Spangenberg; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [PHP] Remote Cookie ID and Web Statistics > > > >Why would you want to use Javascript? Just have some code at the top of >each page which >-checks for the cookie >-if it doesn't exist > -identify customer, login page or however you choose > -set cookie > -update database >-if it does exist > -update the database with some information pertinent to that page > >Or are these straight HTML pages, thus the need for Javascript to do >something? I don't konw a lot of Javascript, but you could have it pop open >a PHP page in a child browser window, back in the Z-order so that it would >be behind your "main" page (only for Internet Explorer), and use it to do >the above steps. > >For every page transition you would have to pass the appropriate parameters >to the child window and force it to refresh. You will have some trouble >with people who have Javascript and cookies turned off. > >As I said, I don't know Javascript, so this is just off the top of my head. >A straight PHP solution would be preferable and I assume it's not possible >either because the ISP doesn't host it or for some political reason. > > >Miles Thompson > > >At 10:28 PM 1/6/2002 -0500, Richard Spangenberg wrote: > >Hello, - for something a little different... > > > >Does anyone have experience using Javascript on remote server html >delivered > >pages to capture data in a PHP MySQL database resident at my domain. > > > >I would like to build a customer profile database for a customer using a > >permanent cookie on a visitor's browser client to ID them and track their > >visits by page over time. This is similar to a live or remote web > >statistics process for a session but posting to a mysql database by some > >mapped category by page in addition to the web stats. I'd like to track > >both the session and by posting to a visitor database, long term trends as > >well. > > > >Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > >Thanks, Rick > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
