||- Equivalent of Session Variables

[sfullman]

In asp you can set a session variable. It relies upon cookies to work but it stores the actual information on the server side.

It's a good way to log a user's computer in without storing name and password info on their computer.

Tied to this concept is a session ID. It's a unique number that the server creates for any user during the time they're on. Default session length is about 20 minutes.

What are the equivalents in PHP?

Sam Fullman
Compass Point Media

[Anon]

PHP has sessions, and they are called sessions. Look them up on www.php.net for full details but here is the basics:

session_start(); // starts a session needed at the top of all pages that use sessions.

session_register("test"); // tells the session engine that the variable $test is to be logged.

session_unregister("test"); // tells the session engine to stop logging the variable $test.

session_destory(); // removes the session.