Re: DB vs TEXT file for sessions WAS: RE: [PHP] Why use sessions and not DB?

My only take on this is that I tried unsuccessfully for weeks to get Sessions to work for me. It was a simple login script and such and I wanted sessions to be handled over time. I went back and forth with the Dev team and people on this list (if you remember). Each time I posted the form a new session was created and the variables never registered. It finally came down to (from the developers) that Sessions will not work with a form POST only GET. And since it was password information being sent I had to change my whole structure over to use a Database. Didn't take long and now I have a fully working session that is great. On 8/30/00 12:02 PM this was written: > I noted with interest: > > Mark Maggelet <maggelet@mminternet.com> wrote: > >> Maybe, but the performance difference you'll see now will depend on >> your database or filesystem. I know Mysql isn't especially good at >> doing lots of inserts and updates, while a reiserFS is especially >> good with dealing with lots of small files. >> >> it just depends on too many things to say one thing is definitely >> better. If it were me though, I'd go with the filesystem because I've >> had too many hassles with a table locking up on me and bringing down >> my whole site. >> >> - Mark > > > So PHP4 uses a text file by default? PHPLib uses MySQL by default, (if > you > have it of course) > Is there a class for management of the text file that is generated by > either > PHPLib or PHP4 for session storage? I would think that the text file > would be > more universal between platforms, and if a ramdisk were used, or some > sort > of caching/virtualizing of the file so most current parts of it are in > dedicated memory, it would be faster than the database, and avoid > the lock up problem. -- Thomas Deliduka IT Manager ------------------------- New Eve Media The Solution To Your Internet Angst http://www.neweve.com/