To build a shopping cart, DB or Session?

[phpiscool]

I am going to write a shopping cart.........

but dont know what shall i choose to store the temp information (cart items etc.),

database or session?

which one is better?

in what aspect?

[Anon]

have a look at

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/evert20000816.php3

Mark.

[phpiscool]

the problem is ......... which one performances better?

coz simple is not what i want. 🙂

[Anon]

fair enough. I think that the session method would be faster. it doesnt rely on any database queries so it should perform faster.
I've used sessions for a shopping cart type system. It performs at a reasonable rate and I've no had any problems with it. So I would go with the session solution myself.

Mark.

[phpiscool]

yeah, agree. coz it's based on text.

the only problem is security maybe.....