Monkuar Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 For my RPG game. I have a chatbox that is a notification box and a actual live chat (using only short polling) for now. I was wondering what's the best way to store client side information to display to the user? Like if a user kills a monster It will put "Gained 200 EXP". /etc/etc, Would using cookies for this be a good idea or...? would need to save that data for atleast a day, or 15+hours. I do not want to use mysql for this, there has to be a way storing it clientside? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/267139-storing-data-in-sessions-or-cookies/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyph Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 The problem with storing it in a cookie is that it's going to be sent to the server with every request - waste of bandwidth. This is what databases are designed to do, so I'm not sure why you're against going that way. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/267139-storing-data-in-sessions-or-cookies/#findComment-1369698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkuar Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 The problem with storing it in a cookie is that it's going to be sent to the server with every request - waste of bandwidth. This is what databases are designed to do, so I'm not sure why you're against going that way. I just figured maybe the logs will take a performance hit.. I guess it just depends how bad I optimize them then eh? Like, if I am farming some mobs, and each time I kill 1 or take a hit, I want it to show "Took damage of "XXX", "You killed merman/etc gained 200XP". Maybe I am thinking little notifications to the user are fine for that instead of actually storing it? Maybe I am getting it a little mixed up, I apologize. I guess making a logs table will be a good idea, I can always just prune old ones after xx amount of time, or let the user delete his logs (that ARE NOT ESSENTIAL) if he/she wants. I think I might have been thinking a little bit to much and over-thought this process, I need to relax and let go. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/267139-storing-data-in-sessions-or-cookies/#findComment-1369702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahngiel Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I guess making a logs table will be a good idea, I can always just prune old ones after xx amount of time if the data is THAT insignificant, you could always create a flatfile Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/267139-storing-data-in-sessions-or-cookies/#findComment-1369714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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