Chances are the files-based one is probably a bit quicker.  Especially on
systems where /tmp is optimized or perhaps even set up as a ramdisk.

-Rasmus

On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Jonathan Thomas wrote:

> Good afternoon!
>
> Quick performance question - I'm currently preparing the release of a new
> website running on a Linux box written in PHP and MySQL with sessions
> throughout.
>
> I've read a bit about changing the PHP session handler to use a database vs.
> the flat file method.
>
> Does anyone have experience doing this?  Are there noticeable benefits of
> making this change?  I realize that my /tmp folder will become quite
> cluttered with session files, but hey - it's tmp so who cares!  :)  My
> concern comes in with overall performance of the server - if one method is
> better than the other.
>
> Thanks for your feedback!
> JT
>
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