I'm a beginner in php..
can any one explain cookies & sessions in an easy way for me?
i have surfed different sites for it also i have taken many trainings but yet i m not that much clear about these two concepts... kindly help me out !
engrjd91 0 Junior Poster in Training
pixelsoul 272 Red Pill Featured Poster
Cookies persist on your local computer, they are small text files that are stored there by websites and web applications that contain some basic information about you as a user.
Sessions are application specific and persist only as long as you are actively engaged with a particular web site. For instance if you leave Amazon.com open do some shopping, then close the web browser before making any purchases, your session has ended, however the cookie that identifies your username still exists on your local computer.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_session_and_cookies
If you have more specific questions about cookies and sessions we can answers those for you.
<M/> 170 Why so serious? Featured Poster
Here is more info on cookies and sessions,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_(computer_science)
I think that pixelsoul's information on sessions will be reliable than mine, he is a talented fellow when it comes to php (compared to me... I am still a newb, for another 2 years).
broj1 356 Humble servant Featured Poster
And info on cookies and session from PHP's point of view:
engrjd91 0 Junior Poster in Training
i got it :)..
thanks all of you :)
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