NEWBIE ME: How do I append the SID to MY Links???

[Guest]

I am new to PHP and osCommerce and I am losing my SID if a user clicks a link that takes them to "OTHER" pages on my site.

 

When they click the link BACK to the /catalog/index.php they lose the session ID they originally got when they first got there.

 

I need the HTML tag format (syntax) that I need to append to the links to keep the SID alive and well if they go to the "out of cart pages" and return.

 

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help :) :) :)

 

 

Ken

[Guest]

Would a 12 pack of beer and a steak help ?

[AJRYAN]

Hi Ken:

 

You need to make sure that you are using tep_href_link for your links, i.e.:

 

<u><a href="' . tep_href_link("glossary.php") . '">' . "A " . '</A></u>

 

Try that and see if that works for you.

 

good luck.

 

Art

[Guest]

ART,

 

Thank you for your reply :)

 

I think that I am having a syntax problem though. Do I need to enclose this string within a PHP Tag? ie; <?php ............. ?>

 

Maybe an example using the Page <a href="catalog.html"> would help me so I see the exact syntax?

 

Can you use my html page in your example?

 

I apologize if I sound stupid I am a decent VB coder and know nothing about PHP and osCommerce.

 

I wish I had more time to learn PHP before this site needed to be up :(

 

I will soon tho.

 

Thanks for everything

 

Ken

[Acheron]

The syntax depends on where you are trying to put it. Take this example ...

 

$this = '<a href="' . tep_href_link('pagename.html') . '">' . 'Click here' . '</a>'

 

 

It's all very basic HTML just wrapped in a little PHP. ;) If you check /catalog/includes/functions/general.php and /catalog/includes/functions/htmloutput.php, you can see the syntax of the most-used osC functions. For example, tep_href_link which contains various components which are seperated by commas in usage to determine the properties of the link.

[AJRYAN]

Hi Ken:

 

I really can't add anymore to what Acheron has said. He pretty well nails it.

 

What I normally do since the syntax is a bit of a pain in the ykw, is to copy and paste what I need then plug-in/edit page names etc. This makes things much faster and are

less likely to be prone to error.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Take care.

 

Art

[Acheron]

Here's the syntax of tep_href_link:

 

tep_href_link($page = '', $parameters = '', $connection, $add_session_id, $search_engine_safe)

 

Default values are:

 

$page = ''

$parameters = ''

$connection = 'NONSSL'

$add_session_id = true

$search_engine_safe = true

 

This means exactly what it sounds like. If you leave those fields empty, they will assume those values.

 

So ...

 

function tep_href_link('mypage.html')

 

will use SIDs and a Non-SSL connection.

 

function tep_href_link('mypage.html', '', 'SSL', false)

 

would NOT use SIDs and WOULD use an SSL connection.