[mugwump]

Hello, using GoLive in a HTML site, how to create a confidentiality page that will remember what the user inputs? Is this a cookie thing?

Just two buttons, YES or NO, the negative answer will shoot them back to the home page, and a positive answer will avoid the user having to see the page again.


Thanks much for the help, as I've often found this forum very useful!

[philzilla]

heh, i was going to suggest you check out: php.net/setcookie

i just did though, and i get this:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' in /home/httpd/htdocs/include/layout.inc on line 29

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/httpd/htdocs/include/layout.inc:29) in/home/httpd/htdocs/include/shared-manual.inc on line 49

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/httpd/htdocs/include/layout.inc:29) in/home/httpd/htdocs/include/shared-manual.inc on line 51

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/httpd/htdocs/include/layout.inc:29) in/home/httpd/htdocs/include/shared-manual.inc on line 52

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/httpd/htdocs/include/layout.inc:29) in/home/httpd/htdocs/include/shared-manual.inc on line 53

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: make_link() in /home/httpd/htdocs/include/shared-manual.inc on line 154

oops! not the best advert for php, is it?

[derbs]

Hey mugwump - have you sorted this yet? If not, let us know. It's pretty straightforward to set/retrieve cookies with javascript.

Only thing is you'll need some JS code on the top of every page you want confidential. Also it's pretty simple to crack by disabling javascript.

phil - those error messages are the reason why i never got stuck into php. damn! i'm guessing you have to send the php before the first html tag ..?

[Simon Mundy]

Originally posted by derbs:
Hey mugwump - have you sorted this yet? If not, let us know. It's pretty straightforward to set/retrieve cookies with javascript.

Only thing is you'll need some JS code on the top of every page you want confidential. Also it's pretty simple to crack by disabling javascript.

phil - those error messages are the reason why i never got stuck into php. damn! i'm guessing you have to send the php before the first html tag ..?

I didn't see that error - must've been a temporary update thing???

Yep - you need to send all headers before ANY page data arrives (including 'whitespace'). There was probably an error in the PHP that forced a message to the browser before the header command, which in turn made PHP complain that headers had already been sent... and so it goes...

I must admit I haven't toyed with JavaScript cookies properly, but I would certainly recommend some form of Server-side cookie settings to implement the privacy page. ASP, PHP, even (gasp) Lasso will all have some way to implement this.

[derbs]

yep, server side would be the ideal way to do this. Unless it's just a simple "are you over 18" porno site