[Typo3] 2 simple(?) FE user questions

[Eric Blom]

Hello Bernhard,
I don't know anything about how these systems work, but, I started to  
take a look at the cookies that get set in my browser when I visit  
the phpBB sections of my site. I was suprised to find that 7 cookies  
get set when I first visit anonymously. When I log in one cookie  
looks like it changes and 3 new cookies are set for a total of 10  
cookies. Once again not knowing much about how these session systems  
work I don't know that it is a good example to follow, but, I do know  
that from the FE users perspective this system works well.

Regards,
Eric


On Nov 28, 2005, at 5:20 AM, Bernhard Kraft wrote:

> Eric Blom wrote:
>
>>     1) If you login and then close your web browsing application   
>> your
>> session is no longer valid. Therefore, if you open you web  browser
>> again and go to the site you have to log in again
>>     2) If the web browsing application is left open and you login   
>> there
>> is a fixed number of seconds of inactivity before the session   
>> expires.
>>     3) The user has the option of selecting a checkbox when the   
>> login
>> that sets a cookie that will automatically start a new session   
>> when the
>> visit my site again even if the browser has been closed and   
>> reopened.
>>
>> To me a non zero lifetime setting in Typo3 accomplishes #3 only.
>>
>> As you suggested Benhard it seems that the only way to accomplish all
>> three points above is with a core XCLASS extension.
>>
>
> I talked about such a case:
>
> "Either being logged in until the browser closes OR the user had a  
> specific
> time of inactivity"
>
> In my opinion this can't be achieved with a single cookie:
>
> Cookie_lifetime == 0 ==> until browser session
> cookie_lifetime > 0  ==> given time
>
> and what you need is a combination of both ... so you would have to  
> do something
> like:
>
> if (cookie_session_isOK($_COOKIES['fe-user-session-cookie']) 
> &&cookie_time_isOK($_COOKIES['fe-user-time-cookie']))    {
>     // Still logged in
> } else    {
>     // One of the cookies is invalid
> }
>
> I will do some investigation if this should be a core feature (you  
> could enable it for example by setting
> the FE[lifetime] to a negative value)
>
>
> greets,
> Bernhard
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