[themes] session variable in page--front.tpl.php

[Bert Van Kets]

Thanks for the pointer.
I'll do some research and see how I should implement  this. It least I 
know the cause now.

Bert

On 19/04/2012 15:31, Ken Rickard wrote:
> Drupal uses persistent session storage -- in the database -- which is 
> what lets your login persist. Session data is stored too.
>
> The simple way around this is to also store a session expiration time 
> for your display. If that time has passed, clear both session 
> variables and reset them.
>
> From a security and best practice standpoint, please don't put this 
> logic in a tpl file. It belongs in a module or theme preprocess 
> function. Set $show_animation as part of the variables you pass to the 
> template.
>
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>
>
>     Message: 1
>     Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:12:03 +0200
>     From: Bert Van Kets <mailing at vankets.com <mailto:mailing at vankets.com>>
>     Subject: [themes] session variable in page--front.tpl.php
>     To: themes at drupal.org <mailto:themes at drupal.org>
>     Message-ID: <4F8FBAC3.8000903 at vankets.com
>     <mailto:4F8FBAC3.8000903 at vankets.com>>
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>     Hi,
>
>     I'm using D7 and need a way to show an animation only once when a
>     visitors comes to the site.
>     I am using a session variable in my page--front.tpl.php file and
>     if it's
>     not set, it shows the animation. Code snips below.
>     For some reason though once the animation is shown on a PC, it is not
>     shown again at all. Even when the browser is closed and I wait a day.
>     When I log into the site and log out, the animation is shown fine. I
>     assume the session is reset to clear all the authorization data and
>     that's why the animation is shown.
>
>     I thought it was the caching that kept the animation from showing, but
>     even setting the cache lifetime to 1 minute does not solve the
>     problem.
>     There must be something else going on. Does anybody have an idea
>     on what
>     may be blocking the animation?
>
>     Is there an alternative way to get this conditional presentation
>     going?
>     I have read cookies are not recommended.
>
>     Thanks for any help.
>
>     Bert
>
>     Code snip:
>
>     <?php
>     if(! isset($_SESSION['showAnimation'])):
>     ?>
>
>     <javascript block containing the animation. Everything is in
>     javascript so the animation does not block the site if JavaScript
>     is not supported./>
>
>     <?php
>     endif;
>     $_SESSION['showAnimation']=1;
>     ?>
>
>
>
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