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[nycphp-talk] back button, page timeout, sessions

Mitch Pirtle mitchy at spacemonkeylabs.com
Fri Jan 30 11:53:52 EST 2004


Chris Hubbard wrote:
> All,
> What are strategies you've implemented to eliminate the "this page has 
> expired" that commonly gets displayed after a user clicks the back button?
> I've seen lots of sites that use sessions, where clicking the back 
> button "breaks" the application by displaying the expired message.  I've 
> seen a couple pages where clicking the back button doesn't break the 
> application.
> Hints, suggestions, thoughts?

I've just recently become infatuated with the Mambo CMS 
(www.mamboserver.com).  Their management interface has an impressive way 
of dealing with these errors.  If you get the chance, try it out. 
Should be great inspiration :)

-- Mitch



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