Comments on: MuVar (MultiVariate Testing Software) - The good, the bad, and the ugly http://steveoliphant.com/blog/2007/02/24/muvar-multivariate-testing-software-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Reviews, Ramblings, Reminders Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: steveo http://steveoliphant.com/blog/2007/02/24/muvar-multivariate-testing-software-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-6 steveo Fri, 04 May 2007 03:00:56 +0000 http://steveoliphant.com/blog/2007/02/24/muvar-multivariate-testing-software-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-6 1. Server is Red Hat Linux. 2. Timezone is set correctly. Issue is that cookies once created don't get overwritten or changed, so the first entry is fine, all after that contain the same as the first one. 3. From my php.ini: session.use_cookies=1 session.cookie_lifetime=0 session.cookie_path = / session.cookie_domain = session.use_only_cookies is missing The interesting thing is that I tested also on a FreeBSD based virtual server and saw the same problems. With both FireFox and IE. On two different computers! I am sure I must be missing something if it works as is for the majority of users. Oh Well. I am not going to debug any more until I get a copy of the latest version. That one is looks very cool :) -Steve Oliphant 1. Server is Red Hat Linux.
2. Timezone is set correctly. Issue is that cookies once created don’t get overwritten or changed, so the first entry is fine, all after that contain the same as the first one.
3. From my php.ini:
session.use_cookies=1
session.cookie_lifetime=0
session.cookie_path = /
session.cookie_domain =

session.use_only_cookies is missing

The interesting thing is that I tested also on a FreeBSD based virtual server and saw the same problems. With both FireFox and IE. On two different computers!

I am sure I must be missing something if it works as is for the majority of users. Oh Well. I am not going to debug any more until I get a copy of the latest version. That one is looks very cool :)

-Steve Oliphant

]]> By: Fred Black http://steveoliphant.com/blog/2007/02/24/muvar-multivariate-testing-software-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-5 Fred Black Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:01:00 +0000 http://steveoliphant.com/blog/2007/02/24/muvar-multivariate-testing-software-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-5 Steve... 1) Is your server Windows or Unix based? (I found that getenv function has some issues on Windows and needs to be replaced with $_Server[] - this applies to the original version, I don't know if this was changed in the new version.) 2) Is the time and timezone set correctly on your local PC And Server? The cookies in Muvar (the original version) are set to expire in 10 hours, so if your PC is more than 10 hours off they may be deleted right away. I think your issues seems to be that the cookies don't overwrite, or rather, new cookies get created each time... so read on... 2) Do you have access to the php.ini file? If so, check the setting for session cookies, the following shows the ones I'm thinking about and their default values. session.use_cookies=1 session.use_only_cookies=1 session.cookie_lifetime=0 session.cookie_path = / session.cookie_domain = Just brain storming here... Fred Steve…
1) Is your server Windows or Unix based? (I found that getenv function has some issues on Windows and needs to be replaced with $_Server[] - this applies to the original version, I don’t know if this was changed in the new version.)

2) Is the time and timezone set correctly on your local PC And Server? The cookies in Muvar (the original version) are set to expire in 10 hours, so if your PC is more than 10 hours off they may be deleted right away. I think your issues seems to be that the cookies don’t overwrite, or rather, new cookies get created each time… so read on…

2) Do you have access to the php.ini file? If so, check the setting for session cookies, the following shows the ones I’m thinking about and their default values.

session.use_cookies=1
session.use_only_cookies=1
session.cookie_lifetime=0
session.cookie_path = /
session.cookie_domain =

Just brain storming here…
Fred

]]> By: cookkie basic » MuVar (MultiVariate Testing Software) - The good, the bad, and the ugly http://steveoliphant.com/blog/2007/02/24/muvar-multivariate-testing-software-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-1 cookkie basic » MuVar (MultiVariate Testing Software) - The good, the bad, and the ugly Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:59:14 +0000 http://steveoliphant.com/blog/2007/02/24/muvar-multivariate-testing-software-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-1 [...] Original post by Steve Oliphant’s Musings and software by Elliott Back Posted 24 Feb, 2007 | Categories: Uncategorized  [...] [...] Original post by Steve Oliphant’s Musings and software by Elliott Back Posted 24 Feb, 2007 | Categories: Uncategorized  [...]

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