That's what I want to do, but I need to prevent the value of session id from changing if for some reason they revisit or refresh the index.php page...as that is where the value is created.
I've seen discussions on here about populating a hidden field and then testing that to see if it's not empty as a way to handle this, I think. > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Kristina Anderson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all -- > > > > When visitors initially arrive on the site, a randomized session id is > > generated to track items they add to their cart. The only problem is > > that when/if they return to/refresh the homepage during their visit, > > the session id changes and this will obviously result in unwanted > > issues. > > > > How can I prevent this from happening? Is index.php the proper place > > to instantiate the session id? > > Use session_id() as the key for your cart. That should not change for > the duration of their visit. > > Mike > > -- > Michael B Allen > PHP Active Directory SPNEGO SSO > http://www.ioplex.com/ > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
