Re: PHP authenticating and session management

> 1.) > I see from www.php.net , people said they will generate a Session ID by > themselves > srand((double)microtime()*1000000); > $unique_str = md5(rand(0,9999999)); > why not to generate by ourself ? > PHP will create itself . Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was no built-in PHP session support. Thus, one had to generate session IDs for oneself. When I was a newbie, we *walked* to school. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways. :-) -- WARNING richard@zend.com address is an endangered species -- Use ceo@l-i-e.com Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm