[phplib] wondering From: Dennis Gearon (gearond <email protected>)
Date: 03/13/01

Anyone use hidden variables as the sessionID variable for a page?

Any comments on pro's and cons of that? I have been playing around with
it
and using another hidden variable in combination with a variable stored
in the data base to keep track of where a user is in a
transaction/information gathering process, using POST variables. I think
a clean URL and a thin session are the best for me. No cookies, keep
track of everything on the server side except for what the user is
trying to do with his request.

 The user can reload back pages, reload the page fresh with no POST
variables, and there is not confusion at all. I'm working on it using a
1-2 partition state table. One state tabledoes preprocessing based on if
Form vars are available or not, if the session var is there, and if the
state var is there. It should end up being a very clear way to map out
the behavior of a page under all conditions. And if other conditions
become possible, adding the tests and responses will be easy to map in.
It's laid out like Harel's state chart.

The second does post processing and responds to all the combinations of
A>Where the server has the session state at, and 2>What state the page
that the client is now submitting is in, how much/complete/valid the
data supplied.

Anyone like this/these idea/s? 

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