Re: http_session_vars
| From: | rotsky | Date: | Thu, 13 Mar 2003 23:03:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: http_session_vars | ||
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Aaah! That clears something up. Thanks.
"Ernest E Vogelsinger" <ernest@vogelsinger.at> wrote in message
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> At 22:17 13.03.2003, rotsky said:
> --------------------[snip]--------------------
> >I thought session vars were either POSTed or passed via cookies...
> --------------------[snip]--------------------
>
> No - you're mixing up the session identifier and session data.
>
> The session identifier is just an arbitrary key to a server-side storage
> where session data is stored. The session identifier (aka SID) is
> effectively passed either via cookie, or via $_REQUEST parameter.
>
> Session data (the $_SESSION array, to be specific) will always be stored
> server-side, by default in a session file. The default filename is
sess_<SID>.
>
>
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