Well, this is a script I

decibel.places — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:15:23 +0000

Well, this is a script I adapted, a nice front-end for stardard PayPal payments.

It has its own session vars and cookies, which do seem to go away at the end of the transaction. I tried adding my vars to its session arrays, that didn't work either.

Since there is no database, and I need to preserve one discount while processing another coupon on a fresh page load, I think I have no option but session (hmmm - just had an idea, maybe I can set a cookie!)

Anyway, despite my woes, it is a good app and I would attach it because it is very hard to find, the creator's web site has disappeared - but you don't permit zip attachments. So here is a download link.

The default distro only has support for % off discounts, but I added $ off with qualifying amount, and buy one item get another free. If you need some help with those, PM me.

I too have wasted an

JeevesBond — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:20:38 +0000

I too have wasted an inordinate amount of time on $_SESSION recently. So don't worry, you're not alone.

I don't understand why this would work in some browsers and not others, that makes no sense. Unless they're not storing the session id correctly, but you're intimating that the problem is happening while processing a single page (?).

Perhaps the best answer is to use $_SESSION sparingly, keeping values in variables and only saving what you really need toward the end of the script.

I have been banging my head

decibel.places — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:28:18 +0000

I have been banging my head on the keyboard for the past few days.

I can't seem to get it right.

Works on XAMPP/localhost also in Safari and Chrome.

But in IE and Firefox, the $_SESSION variable gets set without applying the discount.

If I unset the $_SESSION variables on each page load, then the discount will apply to one coupon at a time, but not both (of course). Client is cool with that, for now.

It doesn't appear to be persistent sessions because the page will load without the $_SESSION variables set, then when the coupon is applied the $_SESSION variable is set without applying the coupon...

Maybe I will set up a database as an alternative, but this "should" work, and does in some environments but not others!

yes, that is my

decibel.places — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:06:13 +0000

yes, that is my conclusion

actually, the longer session life prevents reuse of the coupons, which is desireable

but makes testing more complex, I got proficient at clearing saved data (cookies etc) in Firefox and Opera...

The server probably keeps

pr0gr4mm3r — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:21:14 +0000

The server probably keeps the session active longer than your local setup.

The problem is the $_SESSION

decibel.places — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:24:53 +0000

The problem is the $_SESSION variables

For some reason, they don't get destroyed at the end of the session, so they stick around.

Actually, this is desireable, to prevent multiple uses of the coupons by the same user/client.

I can unset them, and the coupon works, but I can't figure out how to unset them only once, so the combo use doesn't work.

But why would XAMPP let them go away and client's server wouldn't?

(I do not know config of client's server, I am only working with ftp).