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[nycphp-talk] Multipage forms -- sessions or hidden variables

Rolan Yang rolan at omnistep.com
Thu Sep 7 20:25:40 EDT 2006


In my experience, storing/passing all variables via server-side sessions 
with a mysql based session handler simplifies many things.

~Rolan

Cliff Hirsch wrote:
>
> I’m working on a simple multi-page shopping cart. Any thoughts on the 
> merits of hidden variables versus session variables for moving between 
> pages. I don’t want to use a hidden variable for a CC #, unless ever 
> page is secure. Even than, it seems like a poor idea. And I am 
> interested in minimizing the session load, which translates to extra 
> DB load. Thoughts?
>
> Cliff
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