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[Kristina Anderson]

John -- store the cart items in the $_SESSION array and only write to 
the database when they check out?

I am using PHP session but this variable is being passed in, as a 
unique identifier for that session/cart.

> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Kristina Anderson
> <ka at kacomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
> 
> > When visitors initially arrive on the site, a randomized session id 
is
> > generated to track items they add to their cart.  The only problem 
is
> > that when/if they return to/refresh the homepage during their visit,
> > the session id changes and this will obviously result in unwanted
> > issues.
> 
> You are trying to re-implement the concept of a session, poorly.  Just
> use plain 'ol php sessions.  There is no reason to generate your own
> session id.  Forcing users to a homepage to generate a session_id is a
> really bad idea.  Run session_start() on all pages, and just store the
> cart (or a key reference to the cart) in $_SESSION.
> 
> -John C.
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