[mhs12grade1992]

What's the difference between $_COOKIE and $_SESSION?

[NeverMind]

cookies and session files are mere text files..
cookies are saved on the visitors machine while session files are saved on the server.
which makes session more secure than cookies..
tha advantage of cookies over sessions is that cookies can be saved and recognized for a long time! while session is only valid for ..... a session

[mhs12grade1992]

Is $_COOKIE easier than $_SESSION? I'd rather to use $_COOKIE is because of name and value. $_SESSION does not run the same.

[phprogramming]

u can save a cookie to always run a session, u can use cookies alone, sessions alone, or cookies and sessions together which is most oftenly the most convenient and best way to go about using cookies and sessions

[mhs12grade1992]

So if I want to save data on my server without storing cookies in a hard drive is by using $_SESSION?? Sound like I don't want to use MySQL for storing my datas, instead, I store them into server cookies. All datas can only be saved on a next page using POST method without cookies and sessions. I would carry all arrays/datas via cookies/sessions.

So would you say SESSION is a lot better and useful than COOKIE??

[NeverMind]

you can NOT replace MySQL with session files! session files get deleted after the user closes his/her browser..
you could use flat files instead but why would you do that when you have MySQL? MySQL is much faster and easier to deal with..

[mhs12grade1992]

Because I am having trouble with MySQL ..... receiving data. I use mysql_fetch_array() but it always show "Array" as text data.

[NeverMind]

as I posted before in your other topic, learn how to work it out!
don't expect to get it to work when you don't know how!
the text ypu tried to print was always "Array" because you were trying to echo an array! it's a simple as that!
you need to read more about arrays and how you access its elements and how mysql_fetch_array() actually fetches data from the database..

[mhs12grade1992]

I did follow the book and I did use mysql_fetch_array() but never get a real data. All I got is "Array". There has to be way to get a real data. I believe that book is totally wrong!

[End User]

Originally Posted by mhs12grade1992

I did follow the book and I did use mysql_fetch_array() but never get a real data. All I got is "Array".

That's because you tried to print the array as a normal variable. Try "print_r($my_array);" to print an array and see all the values.

Originally Posted by mhs12grade1992

There has to be way to get a real data.

No offense, but you really need to pick up the basics of PHP before you go any further.

Originally Posted by mhs12grade1992

I believe that book is totally wrong!

I'll bet you cash it's not.