cookies.php

<?php
/*
	Question2Answer by Gideon Greenspan and contributors
	http://www.question2answer.org/

	File: qa-include/qa-app-cookies.php
	Description: User cookie management (application level) for tracking anonymous posts


	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
	of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
	GNU General Public License for more details.

	More about this license: http://www.question2answer.org/license.php
*/

	if (!defined('QA_VERSION')) { // don't allow this page to be requested directly from browser
		header('Location: ../');
		exit;
	}


	function qa_cookie_get()
/*
	Return the user identification cookie sent by the browser for this page request, or null if none
*/
	{
		if (qa_to_override(__FUNCTION__)) { $args=func_get_args(); return qa_call_override(__FUNCTION__, $args); }

		return isset($_COOKIE['qa_id']) ? qa_gpc_to_string($_COOKIE['qa_id']) : null;
	}


	function qa_cookie_get_create()
/*
	Return user identification cookie sent by browser if valid, or create a new one if not.
	Either way, extend for another year (this is used when an anonymous post is created)
*/
	{
		if (qa_to_override(__FUNCTION__)) { $args=func_get_args(); return qa_call_override(__FUNCTION__, $args); }

		require_once QA_INCLUDE_DIR.'db/cookies.php';

		$cookieid=qa_cookie_get();

		if (isset($cookieid) && qa_db_cookie_exists($cookieid))
			; // cookie is valid
		else
			$cookieid=qa_db_cookie_create(qa_remote_ip_address());

		setcookie('qa_id', $cookieid, time()+86400*365, '/', QA_COOKIE_DOMAIN);
		$_COOKIE['qa_id']=$cookieid;

		return $cookieid;
	}


	function qa_cookie_report_action($cookieid, $action)
/*
	Called after a database write $action performed by a user identified by $cookieid,
	relating to $questionid, $answerid and/or $commentid
*/
	{
		require_once QA_INCLUDE_DIR.'db/cookies.php';

		qa_db_cookie_written($cookieid, qa_remote_ip_address());
	}


/*
	Omit PHP closing tag to help avoid accidental output
*/