[FX.php List] [OFF] Those Whacky End Users

[Bob Patin]

Glenn,

I'm not sure if this is what Tim is referring to, but in Mac OS X  
Server (which is essentially Apache), I always turn off site caching  
on a site-by-site basis; any site that uses PHP is always set so that  
pages aren't cached on the web server.

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On Nov 28, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Glenn Singleton wrote:

> Webko,
>
> On a smaller system is there any benefit in using cookies over post
> variables ?
>
> Also, how do you kill the web browser caching (cross platform) ?
>
> Thanks
> Glenn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Tim  
> 'Webko' Booth
> Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2007 8:58 AM
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> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] [OFF] Those Whacky End Users
>
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, when orders are to be taken, users are motivated  
>> to
>> finish the process and get the reassuring "Order Confirmed" page.
>> I doubt that many online order systems (Amazon, ebay, any airline,
>> etc) writes the record before the sale is complete.  Perhaps I am
>> wrong about that.
>
> Having just reverse engineered some eBay and Amazon like functions  
> for a
> system, there is no way they are writing stuff out for every page.
> It's all kept in cookies and session variables until the checkout  
> process.
>
> And yes, having written any number of surveys and allowing for  
> users, I'd
> also recommend writing everything to the database whenever you can
> - also allows for people to part-complete and return later to  
> finish, which
> a lot of people appreciate on long or complex surveys.
>
> I also kill caching on some projects (not the php caching, the web
> browser) so they get a warning when using the back button and have to
> refresh (writes the data again, but it's the same data) - seems to  
> provide a
> level of resistance to encourage them to use the navigation on the  
> pages...
>
> YMMV
>
> Webko
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