Cookie or Session ?

[bab3vil]

i wanna know we must using both or one of them !!:p

[Buddha443556]

What do you mean one or the other?

Cookies store data. You can use them to store session data. Session data can also be pass in the URL or hidden in form data too.

If you need to store large amounts of data between pages (i.e. sessions), you would usually give the user a session ID and associate the data with that ID. Storing the data in a database or flat file between pages.

Of course PHP has some built in session controls, take a look here:
Session handling functions

Did that help?

[J_ystick_FI]

depends what is your target you can chose COOKIES, SESSION
or BOTH, but remember
..COOKIES are stored in Client computer
..SESSION are managed by (Php-WebServer) in Server

hope this helps
😃 J@yStick_FI😃

[Elizabeth]

...adding another 2 cents in...

Also, with cookies - the user can have them blocked in which case your website won't function properly... and the user can delete them or change them any time they want if they know what they're doing.

I recommend sessions unless you're working on an Intranet where you can be sure people will have cookies enabled.

hth

-Elizabeth