[FX.php List] Do session always work?

[Kevin Futter]

On 27/10/06 2:59 PM, "Jonathan Schwartz" <jonathan at eschwartz.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm in the process of working through trouble spots from my last project.
> 
> The solution relied on sessions.  Some users couldn't get past the
> login, which used session data to advance to the next page.
> 
> I know that cookies can be turned off in the browser.
> 
> What pitfalls can occur with sessions?  Or, are there other areas to explore?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jonathan

PHP should normally handle client-side cookies being disabled by passing the
session ID in the URL (as a GET request) to a server-side cookie.

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Kevin Futter
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