Question

I have the following code for my ad system:

 function showandhide()
 {
    if ($('.showandhide').html() == 'show ads')
    {
       $('.showandhide').html("show ads");
       $('.ads').hide();
    }
    else 
    {
       $('.showandhide').html("hide ads");
       $('.ads').show();
    }
 }

The code is very simple. It hides and shows ads in my website. The problem is that it does not store the user preferences. How do I store them? Is there a fast way without using a database? I do not feel like creating a code to store information to my database just for hiding and showing ads. Is there any other fast solutions? maybe something in jQuery?

Answer 1

If you are trying to store the detail temporarily you can save it in a session. for that you can use jquery ajax..

$.ajax({
   url: '/update-session.php',
   data:"detail="+detail,
   type: 'post',
   success:function(data){
       // if you care. 
   }
});

server side

$_SESSION['pageX'] = $_POST['detail'];

ADDITION

in order to check if the session variable exists or not

check this link php Session_id_registered

and you want to save the session only when you click a button. you can give that by using jquery click event..

hope this helps!!