I know I can do this with sessions, reason I am asking is
webserver should not be able to create file (for security reasons), I would of maybe thought php could create a file as a different user. php is not always used by the box owner. I find it strange that such a option Is only available if you run the box or the webserver is run as that user. Sessions and such need configurations that need to be configured by the server admin Ect.... I was hoping there was a way that didn't rely on a special configuration And stayed in the users directory ------- Chris Kay, Eleet Internet Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- -----Original Message----- From: Warren Vail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 27 February 2002 6:51 PM To: Chris Kay Subject: RE: [PHP] Writing to files Suggest you understand how session management works. Whether you store in a file or database, the entries are removed if the user fails to return after a limit amount of time, and are kept in a separate table in the database. You can post the results to your actual data tables when you are completed. If you don't want to store the data in files, or in a database, what did you have in mind? There is no rule that says you can only store permanent data in a data base. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Kay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:43 PM To: 'Warren Vail'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Writing to files The data will be stored in mysql, but I don't wish to store in sql untill its completed. In case a user leave the application before completing it. ------- Chris Kay, Eleet Internet Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- -----Original Message----- From: Warren Vail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 27 February 2002 6:37 PM To: Chris Kay; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Writing to files What you are describing is exactly how session management works, storing things in a file in the /tmp directory. Perhaps you could consider using the session save handler functions to store the session data in your protected database (MySQL?). Warren Vail -----Original Message----- From: Chris Kay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Writing to files Question I have is, Anyway know of a better way to store temp information? I have a problem that a script I use, uses many pages and after each page the information from the form Is stored and the next page is shown ect.... It uses more than 20 variables so I can not store the data in cookies. I could store the data in a temp file created but problem is that the webserver would need to create The file which is a security risk (I would like to find another way other than this). I don't really want to use sessions but if it's the last resort I guess I will have to. Other than the above any one have a better soluition? Running php 4.1.1 on RH7.2 ------- Chris Kay, Eleet Internet Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
