Question

I wrote a simple web app to let user input data as they walk around in a warehouse looking up products.

The database is a very simple one I created for the sole purpose of gathering some product data. They start the process by entering the location they are at the warehouse. There are multiple users, and I did not implement a login feature; the application is accessible by anyone on the local network.

I want to keep track of the location IDs that the users input, but I want to be able to distinguish data input by different users.

I need an identifier that will allow me to distinguish one user from another. It can even be different for the same user every time he connects to the DB or uses a different computer.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

You could save the session id I guess, but it’s not very identifiable to a specific user.

It would however allow you to identify which actions were done in the same session.

Just remember to start your session first:

session_start();
echo session_id();