Re: [phplib] Session variables shared among browsers question From: fabrizio.ermini <email protected>
Date: 10/18/00

> Thats the way its working now, rewrote it yesterday. I really didn't want it
> there in the url,

Indeed, I agree; I, too, think that creating complex URL by
appending GET variables is not... how to say it? "Elegant".
I'm always afraid that users could start fiddling with the URL by
hand (I do it with other's websites, so I assume that some body
else can do it with mine!), they tend to reveal too much about your
coding, and when the number of the variables go up they are
incredibly ugly to see. Moreover, in some case, you'll have trouble
if you need to index the pages with some search engine.

Usually I tend to choose over 2 possible workaround: using POST
method, if possible (it poses other limits, that may be
unacceptable), or dissimulating the variables directly in the URL
using a fake directory structure. It's an extremely simple techique
that I like very much 'cause the page appears to have a perfectly
"normal" URL that can be bookmarked, indexed, etc. etc...

If I remember well, we've talked about this technique on this list too;
However, if this interest you you'll find a good article on this on
phpbuilder:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim19990117.php3

RHTH!

byez....

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