[FX.php List] Using cookies/not using cookies

[Kevin Futter]

On 16/5/07 8:25 AM, "Bob Patin" <bob at patin.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know
> 
> a) if I turn off "session.use_cookies" will I still be able to use session
> variables, and if so, where do they get stored on the client's browser?
> 
> b) how would I do that in OS X Server (I can use Terminal, but minimally... )?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob Patin
> Longterm Solutions
> bob at longtermsolutions.com
> 615-333-6858
> 

Bob,

As I understand it, changing that setting in PHP.ini toggles whether or not
PHP will use client-side cookies to track session info. If you turn it off,
PHP will use GET strings to pass the session ID between pages (it¹s not
stored anywhere on the client). You end up with all your URLs appended with
something like ³PHPSESSID....² or somesuch. In either case, PHP stores the
session ID on the server, but in the case of client cookies not being
available, it also stores a temporary cookie on the server for that session,
and tracks the user via the GET session ID.

Again, this is how I understand it, someone else may know more.

-- 
Kevin Futter
Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/


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