Re: $_SESSION v. Cookies

---- Scott Campbell <stumblefly@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear PHP List, > > PHP 5, Apache2, MySQL 5, running on Ubuntu, viewing & deving with > FireFox and Konqueror (Linux). > > I am building a site with multiple tools and want to pass variables > throughout them all. Before, I was passing variables using <hidden> HTML > Form tags, but the site has grown too large for this tactic, so I went to > using $_SESSION. However, when I started using $_SESSION, my site loads 3-5 > times slower then before. A page that queried MySQL and built itself in 3-5 > seconds was now taking 15-20. While more has changed then just $_SESSION, > it is really the only significant difference. > > Is $_SESSION slowing down my site? Is there a faster alternative to > global variables then using $_SESSION? Are using regular cookies faster? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Scott Did you add any includes and are they include or include_once or require VS. require_once? I found stress tests that show that an include is faster then an include_once and so removing the _once from includes and requires will speed up your site. HTH, Wolf