NYCPHP Meetup

[Phil Powell]

Thank you, the ultimate goal being that I will actually get a
non-smart-assed answer from Dan (A&S).

Phil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C Krook" <dkrook at hotmail.com>
To: <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] "how many users online" PHP solution: sessions or
DB?


> Phil,
>
> I don't have the answer to your question, but I am impressed with the
clear
> description of your desired outcome, the outline of your current
> platform(s), and evidence that you've done research and explored several
> approaches.
>
> -Dan
>
>
>
> >http://codewalkers.com/seecode/75.html
>
>http://www.webkreator.com/php/concepts/counting-users-online-with-php.html
> >
> >The following two URLs illustrate different approaches to the idea of
> >showing "how many
> >users online" issue.  I am looking at two different sites where I am
> >looking into implementing
> >this type of script; one that has mySQL and one that has no db access of
> >any kind; both use
> >PHP 4.1.
> >
> >I (for once) understand what I would need to do to implement it; problem
> >comes in as to which
> >solution would be the fastest, most efficient and most secure considering
> >that one of them
> >deals with sessions (then there is the cookie issue, but that's another
> >issue altogether,
> >see http://www.webkreator.com/php/configuration/php-session-security.html
> >on security issues
> >and cookies/sessions).
> >
> >What would one best recommend I use: the PHP/mySQL solution (for the
non-db
> >issue I would have
> >to write complicated XML procedures instead), or sessions?
> >
> >Oh, more info:
> >
> >Site #1 (has mySQL) is Linux/Apache ??/mySQL 3.23.41 and PHP 4.1
> >Site #2 (has no DB) is generic UNIX/Apache ?? and PHP 4.1
> >
> >Thanx
> >Phil
>
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