Sessions or Cookies?

Intripita-MH · 10-08-2006, 07:41 PM

I need to know if you use sessions or cookies more to track user logins... while a user is logged in, do you have a session variable store the username? the user ID? or what?

If cookies, same thing - how do you check to see if a user is logged in?

(I know how to do all of this already, this is more of a survey, rather.)

Thanks
.chulium.

UnKnown · 10-08-2006, 09:21 PM

I use both cookies and sessions for tracking my client logins. Unfortunatly, i do not know the specifics of how it tracks the user login.

rohan2kool · 10-09-2006, 05:37 AM

sessions don't work without cookies. When u make a session, php makes cookie called PHPSESSID into your client's desktop... so basically, if you're trying to evade cookies, there's no way u can use both.

as for ease, it's better to use cookies. I've never used sessions, but rather i've used cookies and mysql databases to make psuedo sessions.

kenni · 10-10-2006, 04:04 AM

rohan2kool is right. Your best bet is to use cookies.

rohan2kool · 10-10-2006, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenni

rohan2kool is right. Your best bet is to use cookies.

i'm always right

Intripita-MH · 10-10-2006, 08:08 PM

Ooo.. okay... what are pseudo sessions?

rohan2kool · 10-14-2006, 06:32 PM

well.. nothing as 'pseudo sessions' actually exist.. i've coined that word to tell what i actually do... 'psuedo' means false, so psuedo sessions is something that emulates php sessions.. but in a more persistent way.

What i do is, whenever a user visits my site, he is categorized as a 'first time visitor' or a 'visitor' i.e if there is a cookie on his site with a name, let's say u_visit_this_site, he's a first time visitor, otherwise, a visitor.

The value of the cookie is actually a randomly generated 64 digit hexadecimal string. I do it by md5()ing two randomly generated numbers and then concatening them. When the user is a first time visitor, a cookie is set using the cookie() function. The name of the cookie is u_visit_this_site and the value would be, a 64 digit hexadecimal string like: '0ec3d867002e7da0e75c898a89bc40977012ef0335aa2adba b58bd6d0702ba41'.

Now, what i do is, make a corresponding entry in a MySQL table, where there is a field called 'session_id' and other fields, which are actually session variables.

If you are not categorized as a first time visitor, the cookie picks up the session id, and then searches the database for a matching entry, from where it loads all the variables required. that's all

10-08-2006, 07:41 PM	#1
Intripita-MH Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 280	Sessions or Cookies? I need to know if you use sessions or cookies more to track user logins... while a user is logged in, do you have a session variable store the username? the user ID? or what? If cookies, same thing - how do you check to see if a user is logged in? (I know how to do all of this already, this is more of a survey, rather.) Thanks .chulium. __________________ Intripita :: web hosting \| development \| conferencing Business-Grade Web Hosting, Professional Conferencing, Effective Web Development by Intripita

10-08-2006, 09:21 PM	#2
UnKnown Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,128	Re: Sessions or Cookies? I use both cookies and sessions for tracking my client logins. Unfortunatly, i do not know the specifics of how it tracks the user login. __________________ Webmaster Resources & Forums / Webmaster Tools & Forum / eCommerce Shopping Basket / Scene Releases

10-09-2006, 05:37 AM	#3
rohan2kool Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 132	Re: Sessions or Cookies? sessions don't work without cookies. When u make a session, php makes cookie called PHPSESSID into your client's desktop... so basically, if you're trying to evade cookies, there's no way u can use both. as for ease, it's better to use cookies. I've never used sessions, but rather i've used cookies and mysql databases to make psuedo sessions. __________________ Eat healthy, Stay Fit, Die Anyway. --==-- If there is a man who knows everything about women, there is a Windows distribution without bugs.

10-10-2006, 04:04 AM	#4
kenni Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,543	Re: Sessions or Cookies? rohan2kool is right. Your best bet is to use cookies. __________________ Wanna thank someone? Give 'em a rep. More info.

10-10-2006, 08:08 PM	#6
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10-14-2006, 06:32 PM	#7
rohan2kool Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 132	Re: Sessions or Cookies? well.. nothing as 'pseudo sessions' actually exist.. i've coined that word to tell what i actually do... 'psuedo' means false, so psuedo sessions is something that emulates php sessions.. but in a more persistent way. What i do is, whenever a user visits my site, he is categorized as a 'first time visitor' or a 'visitor' i.e if there is a cookie on his site with a name, let's say u_visit_this_site, he's a first time visitor, otherwise, a visitor. The value of the cookie is actually a randomly generated 64 digit hexadecimal string. I do it by md5()ing two randomly generated numbers and then concatening them. When the user is a first time visitor, a cookie is set using the cookie() function. The name of the cookie is u_visit_this_site and the value would be, a 64 digit hexadecimal string like: '0ec3d867002e7da0e75c898a89bc40977012ef0335aa2adba b58bd6d0702ba41'. Now, what i do is, make a corresponding entry in a MySQL table, where there is a field called 'session_id' and other fields, which are actually session variables. If you are not categorized as a first time visitor, the cookie picks up the session id, and then searches the database for a matching entry, from where it loads all the variables required. that's all __________________ Eat healthy, Stay Fit, Die Anyway. --==-- If there is a man who knows everything about women, there is a Windows distribution without bugs.

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