Question

I have a classifieds website where users may insert ads.

There is a insert-ad section (PHP based).

In the insert section, firstly users enter specified data and fill in all fields of the form, then they click the “Preview Ad” and the ad is previewed.
The preview page is another php page which puts all the form fields from the first ‘put ad’ page into hidden fields.

Then if the user is happy with the preview, he or she may click the “OK” and the ad is inserted.

Now, this method of putting form data into hidden fields before acutally inserting the ad seems ‘too much’. What do you think, should I use sessions?

I am looking for stability, not performance in this case!

Thanks and if you need more input, just let me know!

Answer 1

The sessions may flow from one browser window to another, i.e. this way you will force the user to use a single browser window at a time (cannot design multiple ads at once).
In this case, you should stick to POST variables and not use session data.