Re: [PHP] Session handlers

2004-10-02 Thread Ewout de Boer
- Original Message - From: Shawn McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:11 AM Subject: [PHP] Session handlers Just curious, what is the advantage of using a custom session handler, such as saving session data in MySQL? security

Re: [PHP] Session handlers

2004-10-02 Thread Tim Van Wassenhove
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ewout De Boer wrote: - Original Message - From: Shawn McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:11 AM Subject: [PHP] Session handlers Just curious, what is the advantage of using a custom session handler

Re: [PHP] Session handlers

2004-10-02 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Tim Van Wassenhove [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If others can read from your session.save_path, i'm pretty sure they'll be able to read the credentials you use in the scripts to connect the database too. Which makes the security argument in this case invalid. You can store the database access

[PHP] Session handlers

2004-10-01 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Just curious, what is the advantage of using a custom session handler, such as saving session data in MySQL? TIA, Shawn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Session handlers

2004-10-01 Thread raditha dissanayake
Shawn McKenzie wrote: Just curious, what is the advantage of using a custom session handler, such as saving session data in MySQL? The main reason you might want to store session informaton in a database instead of in files is that you can then load balance your site across multiple servers. If

RE: [PHP] Session handlers

2004-10-01 Thread Vail, Warren
. Warren Vail (415) 667-0240 SF211-07-434 -Original Message- From: Shawn McKenzie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 5:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Session handlers Just curious, what is the advantage of using a custom session handler, such as saving

[PHP] PHP Session Handlers

2004-05-12 Thread Paul Higgins
Hi all, I just read this tutorial: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ying2602.php3 I understand what each function does and what to do in each function. However, my question is this: If I write my own session handling functions, do I have to explicity call them myself? If so, when do

Re: [PHP] PHP Session Handlers

2004-05-12 Thread John W. Holmes
From: Paul Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just read this tutorial: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ying2602.php3 I understand what each function does and what to do in each function. However, my question is this: If I write my own session handling functions, do I have to explicity call

Re: [PHP] PHP Session Handlers

2004-05-12 Thread Paul Higgins
PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Session Handlers Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 15:14:36 -0400 From: Paul Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just read this tutorial: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ying2602.php3 I understand what each function does and what to do in each function