Re: Newbie question: Sessions

Thanks for the info. That helps clear up my confusion. Looks like I was making it more complicated than it is... /T on 5/6/03 8:01, Cal Evans at cal@calevans.com wrote: > T, > > You don't have to keep track of sessions. It's automatic. You can store > information in $_SESSION on one page an retrieve it on another. Each use on > your site has a unique session. > > Make sure you either have PHP set to automatically start sessions or that > you start them manually on each page. > > HTH, > =C= > * Cal Evans > * http://www.christianperformer.com > * Stay plugged into your audience > * The measure of a programmer is not the number of lines of code he writes > but the number of lines he does not have to write. > * > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Info@Best-IT" <info@best-it.biz> > To: "PHP general" <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:58 AM > Subject: [PHP] Newbie question: Sessions > > >> I have a question regarding the concept of sessions. I understand that >> sessions can keep track of user-specific data, but I'm having a hard time >> understanding how they 'hold' the user specific data. My first thought is >> that the session variables hold the data. But how do you keep track of >> specific sessions and their variables then keep them tied to a user that > is >> logged in? >> >> Any insights would be very helpful! >> >> Thanks, >> T >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >