Userdata

[Hamed]

I am coding new script I want to know which way is better for saving userdata session or cookie?And Why?

 

[JohnN]

session is a cookie, but php does the leg work for you.

I use both normally, combining then for session data for queries, and the cookies to store the users login to "remember" them.

 

[JonnyH]

I tend to use sessions. Cookies are better for remembering users as they get deleted on a time limit.

 

[stuffradio]

session is a cookie, but php does the leg work for you.

I don't get it... how is session a cookie? Session is all server side stuff. It is a little bit more secure than a cookie. There are still session hijackers (cookie too I believe). The trick is to hash the session to make it a bit more tricky for people to hijack it etc.

TBH I would go with making things in CodeIgniter. http://codeigniter.com

 

[JohnN]

I don't get it... how is session a cookie? Session is all server side stuff. It is a little bit more secure than a cookie. There are still session hijackers (cookie too I believe). The trick is to hash the session to make it a bit more tricky for people to hijack it etc.

TBH I would go with making things in CodeIgniter. http://codeigniter.com

php stores the session as a cookie by default, failing that it uses the URLs.

to check this simply visit a site then check your cookies for PHPSESSIONID or something like that.

 

[hip_hop_x]

it's better to use sessions instead of cookies.