Writing to files

Question I have is, Anyway know of a better way to store temp information? I have a problem that a script I use, uses many pages and after each page the information from the form Is stored and the next page is shown ect.... It uses more than 20 variables so I can not store the data in cookies. I could store the data in a temp file created but problem is that the webserver would need to create The file which is a security risk (I would like to find another way other than this). I don't really want to use sessions but if it's the last resort I guess I will have to. Other than the above any one have a better soluition? Running php 4.1.1 on RH7.2 ------- Chris Kay, Eleet Internet Services chris@eleet.com.au -------