variable shared by users

[otiteca]

Hi,

Is there anyway to share a variable between many web users ?

I've got an array, updated by users's actions.
i do want this same array be available to all web users in their sessions.

This without putting the content of the array in DB or file.

I can not use shmop or sysvsem

Any idea ?

[Gordon Burditt]

>Is there anyway to share a variable between many web users ?

I've got an array, updated by users's actions.
i do want this same array be available to all web users in their sessions.

This without putting the content of the array in DB or file.

I can not use shmop or sysvsem

Any idea ?

This is generally what a database is used for. And a database or
file is about the only way you will get the functionality you want.

Gordon L. Burditt

[Default User]

otiteca wrote:

Hi,

Is there anyway to share a variable between many web users ?

I've got an array, updated by users's actions.
i do want this same array be available to all web users in their
sessions.

This without putting the content of the array in DB or file.

Why don't you want to use a DB or file?


Brian

[JDS]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:07:57 +0200, otiteca wrote:

This without putting the content of the array in DB or file.

serialize the array and put it in a database or file.

oops! You don't want to put it in a db or file. well why the hell not?

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[evanescent.lurker]

> Is there anyway to share a variable between many web users ?

I've got an array, updated by users's actions.
i do want this same array be available to all web users in their sessions.

This without putting the content of the array in DB or file.

What you want is a global site variable. I don't think PHP can do
that...

That would make it easy to create counters of various types, shout
boxes, and a lot of other things, but without the overhead of the db,
or file...

I guess the DB is your choice for now.

-- Evanescent Lurker --

[NC]

otiteca wrote:

I've got an array, updated by users's actions.
i do want this same array be available to all web users in their sessions.

This without putting the content of the array in DB or file.
I can not use shmop or sysvsem

Well, since you are being so restrictive, how about combining the
two methods? :) Configure a small RAM disk or a HEAP table in MySQL
and store your stuff in a file on that RAM disk or in a record
(perhaps the only one) in the HEAP table... No disk spinning will
be involved; the data will remain in memory and will be shareable
between as many users as you want...

Cheers,
NC