CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Travis
Travis

Reputation: 253

Is too many cookies bad?

So currently I have one cookie set, (its for the theme of my website) and the start of my php gets the cookie then I have a really long switch case that sets everything according to the cookie I got.

Would it be bad if I just set like 10 different cookies and loaded the cookies? Or would the way I currently have it not that bad?

Currently have it: http://pastebin.com/dJP6Fz5R

I'm just going over my code and I realize that every time my page is loaded it sets everything and goes through the switch case. So I could make a cookie for every one and load the data that way. But is getting the user's cookie values take just as much time as a switch case?

Would one be faster/more efficient then the other? Or are they both about the same.

Any information would be awesome, thank you.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 997

Answers (2)

wyqydsyq
wyqydsyq

Reputation: 2030

The best way to go about what you want would be just include a stylesheet conditionally. E.g.

if(empty($_COOKIE['theme'])){
   switch($color_recieved){
       case 'gray(default)':
           setcookie('theme', 'gray', time()+60*60*24, '/', '.example.com');
       break;
       // ...etc
   }
}

$theme = '<link src="/css/themes/'.$_COOKIE['theme'].'.css" type="text/css" rel="Stylesheet" />';

Create stylesheets with theme-specific styles, then in your html header echo $theme.

Upvotes: 1

user1136646
user1136646

Reputation: 77

Too many cookies can make any web app obese :)

But you shouldn't worry in this case, unless a meg of cookies, no efficiency you otherwise could have had will be lost

Upvotes: 2

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