Re: Handling sessions between servers?

using mysql is an excelent choice, if your not using a db Ive seen people pass the data raw echo " <a href='http://www.mediawaveonline.com/index.php?session_data=". base64_encode(session_encode()) ."'>mediawaveonline.com</a> "; then session_decode(base64_decode($session_data)); its ugly, but it works. -- Chris Lee lee@mediawaveonline.com "Josh Hoover" <Josh.Hoover@knowledgestorm.com> wrote in message news:E973048AB322D411AE99009027E32DF685CD83@FRAZ... > You can use NFS shares, but I've read that it is too slow for most > situations. My suggestion would be to use a database and use a custom PHP > session handler. A really good tutorial (including working code) on how to > write custom PHP session handlers utilizing a database can be found at the > following URL: > > http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ying20000602.php3 > > I've tested this code and it worked fine utilzing MySQL. You can apply the > same concepts to just about any datasource you want. > > Josh Hoover > KnowledgeStorm, Inc. > jhoover@knowledgestorm.com > > Searching for a new IT solution for your company? Need to improve your > product marketing? > Visit KnowledgeStorm at www.knowledgestorm.com to learn how we can simplify > the process for you. > KnowledgeStorm - Your IT Search Starts Here > > > From: Michael Champagne [mailto:mchampagne@capis.com] > > > > Is it possible to handle sessions with PHP between separate > > web servers? We > > have 2 Apache servers and would like to share session data > > between them. If > > we keep the session data on an NFS mounted drive -- will this > > work? Would it > > be better to write custom session handlers to store session > > data in a database > > accessible from both servers? It seems like this should be > > possible, but I'm > > not quite sure how to go about doing it. Also, this is on 2 separate > > platforms. One is RedHat Linux 7.1 and the other server is > > on AIX 4.3.3. > > > > Thanks in advance for any replies, > > Mike >