[PHP-DB] Are running sessions using a MySQL handler faster?

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

Re: [PHP-DB] Are running sessions using a MySQL handler faster?

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