Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-21 Thread Chris Earle
Can't you say that about anything? "Scott Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I don't use cookies either due to the fact that some web browser block the > cookies and some web browser's bug that affected the cookie. For example, > if Inte

Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread Philippe Saladin
> If you want 100% accessability, forget cookies were ever invented :) > While you're erasing stuff from your brain, throw out javascript too :D Some people don't have a fast access to internet. Very simple javascript to validate a form before submitting it can be IMHO still useful. But I agree t

Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread Justin French
on 19/07/02 3:47 AM, Alberto Serra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > We use but one cookie, for returning user recognition. That is, the sort > of info your soft can survive without. As for passing values on the GET > channel to iframes, we do it all the time and have never seen a single > problem. P

Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread Alberto Serra
ðÒÉ×ÅÔ! Analysis & Solutions wrote: > What increased cost? If someone does the right thing in the first place, > there's no cost. The developers are either gettting paid to develop > something that works right in the first place or they're getting paid to > develop something that doesn't. LOL

Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread Analysis & Solutions
On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 08:47:45PM +0300, Alberto Serra wrote: > > It's a customer's choice, obviously. Most customers do not give a damn > about minorities (and so do not want to increase budgets to develop an > alternate solution that will address a minor community). What increased cost? If

Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread Alberto Serra
ðÒÉ×ÅÔ! PHPCoder wrote: > application useless unless I code a "plan B" into my code; meaning I can > just as well NOT use cookies from the start... > "catch 22 dejavu..." > What are the general feeling out there amongst developers about the use > of cookies? --snip-- > I gather that > the "alt

Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread Justin French
on 18/07/02 11:38 PM, PHPCoder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What are the general feeling out there amongst developers about the use > of cookies? If you want to assure that you maintain session across the whole site, appealing to the lowest common denominator, then hard code the SID to all relat

Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread Scott Fletcher
I don't use cookies either due to the fact that some web browser block the cookies and some web browser's bug that affected the cookie. For example, if Internet Explorer have a bug with the cookie then it is gurantee that you'll never find MS to have this bug fix in a few days. It could take 6 m

Re: [PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread Analysis & Solutions
On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 03:38:51PM +0200, PHPCoder wrote: > What are the general feeling out there amongst developers about the use > of cookies? Cookies rely on client side. I never rely on the client for anything. When it comes to examples of how to do things "The Right Way," I say go take

[PHP] Cookies - good or bad???

2002-07-18 Thread PHPCoder
I'm really battling with this whole session thing. My first impressions are that cookies are OK, and really helps to make sessions workable and efficient, YET, from a developers point of view, I always play devils advocate, and I'm wondering about those stubbourne individuals out there who outr