Posted by Tony Marston on 10/06/06 08:49

"cendrizzi" <cendrizzi@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have thought of something like this but I was hoping to not be this
> restrictive if possible. In the end I'll just go for what works.

My code works. I've been using it iny application for 18 months. Yes, it is
tricky, but it's do-able.

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> On Oct 5, 9:27 am, Erwin Moller
> <since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
>> cendrizzi wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> > I've read some stuff on this but can't seem to come up with a solution
>> > that works right. I have a semi-mature (yet very large and robust)
>> > internal web application that currently only works with one window open
>> > at a time.
>>
>> > Maybe I'm abusing the use of $_SESSION but I have data entry processes
>> > split up in several steps (which is required since depending on what
>> > was put before determines what pages will be shown after). To store
>> > this information between the steps I use the session, which is the only
>> > way I know that this would be possible (uses arrays in arrays). So if
>> > I were to open up a window and start the data entry it would overwrite
>> > the last one.
>>
>> > So one thought was trying to create an instance id that that is
>> > randomly generated that is passed between the pages using a $_GET
>> > variable. Using this id I would create and reference custom session
>> > variables making sure each instance is completely unique. This seems
>> > to be consistent with what others have tried but I don't think it would
>> > work since if someone middle clicked on a page link it would open up a
>> > new tab (in firefox and IE7) with the same instance id with. There
>> > doesn't seem to me to be an easy way to ensure that each window in a
>> > browser has it's own, unique, instance.
>>
>> > Surely this isn't unique to me so how in the world can I ensure that
>> > each window/tab gets a unique id of some sort so that my session is
>> > unique for each one?
>>
>> > Lastly, if necessary, I wouldn't mind trying to suppress a new window
>> > but this is plagued with the same issues (how do I know it's a new
>> > window/tab?). I know this is not ideal but given the nature of the
>> > application this wouldn't be a big problem.
>>
>> > Thanks in advance.Hi,
>>
>> You have several options (if I understand your problem).
>> The simplest is this: Just mark your steps in the SESSION.
>> Just add a field:
>> $_SESSION["step"] = 1;
>>
>> If a script is called for step 3, it first checks if the last step in the
>> SESSION was 2, otherwise it refuses the posting and tell the client
>> he/she
>> should use it in the right order.
>>
>> When a script succesfully finishes, increase the step in session to its
>> new
>> value.
>>
>> Does that help?
>>
>> The other option (with different id's) goes against the idea behind a
>> session. Every browser can build 1 session for a domain. I wouldn't try
>> something like changing the sessionid for each new request. I can be
>> done,
>> but it is a mess.
>> Just force the enduser to do things in the right order, simply by
>> counting
>> your steps and refusing calls to scripts that are before or after the
>> step
>> that is defined (by YOU) in the sessionarray.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Erwin Moller
>

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