Alternatives to using cookies?

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Published on 2012-04-03T10:58:16Z Indexed on 2012/04/03 11:40 UTC
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Whate are alternatives to using cookies/client-side storage for a PHP/MySQL based site on Apache.

Scenario/Requirements:

  • I want to try using some anti-bot code to prevent specific scrapers etc. from accessing the site.
    • I would like to run this code before launching the rest of the site (before DB access etc.).
    • I don't want to constantly run the same code on every page-load after a visitor has passed the initial check.
  • I'd like to avoid the use of Cookies/Client side storage if at all possible.

The only solution I can currently think of is to write files to the server based on the visitors IP/UA, or to write a list of them to a single file.

Yet this has the limitation of multiple users through a proxy/same connection, etc ...

So, any ideas/suggestions?

Or am I simply over working the issue?

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