Posted by deepweb on 09/26/07 02:16

On Sep 25, 10:29 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> deepweb wrote:
> > On Sep 24, 11:20 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >> deepweb wrote:
> >>> Hi there,
> >>> Does anyone know of a watchlist function or tutorial on how it might
> >>> be achieved
> >>> I want people to add database records to a watchlist for the duration
> >>> of their visit to a site.
> >>> Not sure if it might be cookie or session driven
> >>> Thanks in advance
> >>> Steven
> >> Impossible, because you cannot know the "duration of the visit to a site".
>
> >> The ONLY thing you can know is when they made their last request to your site.
> >> Anything else is a pure guess.
>
> >> --
> >> ==================
> >> Remove the "x" from my email address
> >> Jerry Stuckle
> >> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> >> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> >> ==================
>
> > Hi there,
>
> > Thanks for that, I must not have asked the question right, as there
> > are lots of site where you can click a button or link to add the
> > current page/record/article to "your watchlist" ie a list of items you
> > are interested enough in to tag as important.
>
> > I have a list of activities and accommodation that I want people to be
> > able to tag and then present them with a list they can print or email.
>
> > Does that explain it a bit better
>
> > Cheers
>
> > Steven
>
> OK, now I understand.
>
> You could make this either cookie or session driven; personally I'd make
> it session driven (less traffic on the 'net). If you want to give them
> the ability to save them across sessions, then I'd suggest a database.
>
> No tutorials I know of - just store in and read from the $_SESSION
> superglobal as necessary. And no scripts - something like that would be
> quite site specific. But also very easy to write.
>
> --
> ==================
> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> ==================

Thanks Jerry, I'll get stuck into my sessions stuff.

Cheers

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