[thelist] php session variable needs to persist

[Ian Anderson]

Robert Vreeland wrote:

> Yes and no, there is a limit to how much, and what you can store in a cookie
> as well as how many cookies you can set. 

Well, yes, fair point.

> Since storing actual user data in a
> cookie is a big security no-no

I take your point. But in this application, the relevant data as I 
understood the requirement was the referrer hostname from when the 
visitor entered the site.

I can't see there is any great risk to storing this in the cache folder 
of the user's computer (especially since the data from that site is 
already cached there, and the information is in the user's local history 
file...)

And the size thing is not an issue either.

So, good points but I think cookies are still the way to go; no 
JS/popups or extra backend work needed, imho.

Cheers

Ian
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