function set_affiliate($result)
{
// Grab the affiliate cookie if set
$cookie_affid = null;
if (isset($_COOKIE['affid'])) {
$cookie_affid = $_COOKIE['affid'];
}
// if the session affid is already set then do not process the property code
// the cookie should always stay aligned with the session affid
if (empty($_SESSION['affid'])) {
// We have received a valid property code from the link server
// Set the Session affid and the Cookie affid to link server result epire the cookie in 14 days
// Set affiliate source to session
if (!empty($result["property_code"])) {
$_SESSION['affid'] = $result["property_code"];
$_SESSION['affiliate_source'] = 'session';
setcookie('affid', $result["property_code"], time() + 3600 * 24 * 14, '/', $this->cookie_host);
// We have no property code returned from the link server the link was valid but the property
// code was not formated correctly or was missing. If the cookie affid is set use that for the session affid
// Set affiliate source to cookie
} elseif (!empty($cookie_affid)) {
$_SESSION['affid'] = $cookie_affid;
$_SESSION['affiliate_source'] = 'cookie';
// No Session affid or Cookie affid is set
// We will use the default entity code for the site - set to the class variable $this->site_entity_code IE caseyresearch CSR
// Set affiliate source to organic
// We do not set a cookie for the organic because the next time they come in it would reset to cookie
} else {
$_SESSION['affid'] = CShell::default_affid();
$_SESSION['affiliate_source'] = 'organic';
}
}
}