[_matt]

I am making a login and was wondering what the general population is using. Cooies or Sessions. What are the benifits to each and disadvatages.

[woyrz]

Depends what you want to do.



On my point of view i like to use session they are flexible and more secure.

why i would use session:
- they end as soon as the user close its browser
- More "secure" than a cookie
- you can modify the content at any time in your document
Why i would not use session:
- You have to use the star session on i the header of your document top be hable to use it.
- Its no essay to recover data from it if the user close it browser.

A mixt of both could be interesting. Its allow you keep track of you user if they come back. Most of the web site use both.

Woyrz

[End User]

Originally Posted by woyrz

why i would use session:
- they end as soon as the user close its browser

Not always true, depending on the browser you use.

[mab]

session.cookie_lifetime determines how long the browser will/should keep the session cookie. However, the corresponding session (session file) will be deleted on the server when garbage collection occurs (even if the session is active at the time.)