[FX.php List] Problem with embedding a PHP site inside a frame

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

I think you are better of using sessions than cookies, however frames
is a bit 80s? no?

ggt667

On 12/20/06, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
> I've got a big site that I've just finished, which my client sells by
> subscription to car dealers. The dealers all would prefer to "embed"
> this site inside a frame on their site, rather than just linking to
> this site.
>
> When they do this, either inside a Flash page or a non-Flash page
> that uses frames, I'm seeing that the cookie that needs to be written
> is not being written. As a result, the site's inaccessible.
>
> My theory has been that, because they're embedding my client's site
> inside a frame, the PHP isn't loading first, and that's why the
> cookie isn't being written.
>
> Is this accurate? Is there any way that I can alter my page so that
> the cookies are written properly, no matter whether my pages are
> embedded in a parent page or not?
>
> So far, I've been recommending that my client tell car dealers not to
> use frames, but to instead load my client's site in a new fresh page,
> thus ensuring that cookies get written properly.
>
> Here's a 2nd theory: my client's site is only accessible when the
> visitor arrives using a link from a "subscriber" site. The subscriber
> puts a link on his site, which sends him to my client's site; at the
> client site, the referer domain name is checked against a database of
> subscribers, and access is either granted or denied. At this point a
> cookie is written which gives subsequent access for the rest of the
> pages.
>
> Is it possible that, by embedding the client's site, this referer
> data isn't retrieved properly? This too would cause the error, since
> the domain name wouldn't be verified and approved.
>
> For any who are interested, I'm quite proud of this site; a demo of
> it is available at http://parrotmotors.advantastar.com. It's all
> FX.php and a FM 8 database. The database references a directory of
> pages which are loaded to display the appropriate data, depending on
> the cars selected...
>
> Thanks for any insights,
>
> Bob Patin
> Longterm Solutions
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