Re: [PHP] input on sessions vs cookies

2007-02-27 Thread Richard Lynch
Save us a lot of grief and just use PHP built-in sessions until you can prove them to not meet your needs. On Sat, February 24, 2007 7:48 pm, benifactor wrote: > i would like your input on session vs cookies regarding login data > like usernames/passwords ect... -- Some people have a "gift" l

Re: [PHP] input on sessions vs cookies

2007-02-25 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 20:05 -0800, benifactor wrote: > as of right now, when the user logs in, i have a cookie storing username... > then on all of the pages i need data i have it query the database and using > the cookie data to retrieve user information.. is there a more secure way to > do this?

Re: [PHP] input on sessions vs cookies

2007-02-24 Thread benifactor
as of right now, when the user logs in, i have a cookie storing username... then on all of the pages i need data i have it query the database and using the cookie data to retrieve user information.. is there a more secure way to do this? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubs

Re: [PHP] input on sessions vs cookies

2007-02-24 Thread tedd
i would like your input on session vs cookies regarding login data like usernames/passwords ect... usernames/passwords ? Session yes, cookies no. tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscr

Re: [PHP] input on sessions vs cookies

2007-02-24 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 17:48 -0800, benifactor wrote: > i would like your input on session vs cookies regarding login data like > usernames/passwords ect... How are you differentiating sessions vs cookies? Sessions are often implemented USING cookies. If you mean sessions using a session ID in the

[PHP] input on sessions vs cookies

2007-02-24 Thread benifactor
i would like your input on session vs cookies regarding login data like usernames/passwords ect...