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Posted by Jon Slaughter on 05/10/07 12:48
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Jon Slaughter wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:ucGdnTZseYV9nt7bnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> Jon Slaughter wrote:
>>>> "Johnny BeGood" <jbg@jbg.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:kAy0i.19511$j7.373298@news.indigo.ie...
>>>>> Hi Jon,
>>>>>
>>>>> I started here - http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_cookies.asp - it
>>>>> gives a good idea on how to get started.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I used some of that. But my main issue is that not the basics.
>>>> Its that I'm trying to create cookies after page content have been
>>>> generated. I have solved the issue but doens't seem that great.
>>>> Essentially I redirect to a page that saves the cookies and then that
>>>> page redirects to the page I was going to in the first place. I guess I
>>>> could put the page in a session variable and use a generalized cookie
>>>> saver.
>>>>
>>>> Just seems like its not even close to being the optimal solution.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Why do you have to do it AFTER page content has been generated?
>>>
>>> Restructure your page and do it before you generate the content. Or, as
>>> Micha indicated, buffer your output and send it later.
>>>
>>> But I've always been able to send cookies before the page - just
>>> sometimes it takes a little work and planning.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I don't understand. Maybe I'm going about it the wrong way.
>>
>> I am getting user input in a form. The form then calls a php script that
>> does all the necessary stuff such as looking up the user in the database
>> or whatever.
>>
>> The problem is, is that every page I use has a template that is a nav bar
>> added to it automatically by a central script that is called for every
>> uri request.
>>
>> I cannot control this because of the way it is set up. So what I have to
>> do is create a seperate script that is seperate from the centeral script
>> that will handle the cookie stuff. Its working fine and I guess thats the
>> way I have to do it.
>>
>> I guess I could modify my code so that I could have certain blocks that
>> are executed before the nav bar is added. Wouldn't be to difficult to
>> add but I think its ok the way it is. Not the best solution but does the
>> job.
>>
>> Jon
>
> If you can't execute code before any output, you'll run into a lot more
> problems than just cookies.
>
No, its not that I can't but I have to go about it in a round about way.
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