Question

Okay I want to allow one user 1 view per each page and then send them a cookie that stops them from viewing that page again, but I am no good with cookies, I’d do it with IP but I’d rather do it via cookies. Is this possible? How would I do it?

Answer 1

Simplest answer:

if(isset($_COOKIE['myCookie'])){
    die('Not allowed! Only one view per user!');
}
else{
    setcookie('myCookie', true);
}
//content here

Doing it with sessions:

session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['mySession'])){
    die('Not allowed! Only one view per user!');
}
else{
    $_SESSION['mySession'] = true;
}
//content here

Redirecting instead of showing an ugly error:

if(isset($_COOKIE['myCookie'])){
    header('Location: error.php');
    exit;
}
else{
    setcookie('myCookie', true);
}
//content here